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By Andrea K. Walker and Andrea K. Walker,Sun reporter | December 9, 2006
The Maryland Lottery will start running commercials and other advertising as early next week, ending a nearly monthlong respite it was forced to take when its advertising agency abruptly went out of business. Lottery officials said yesterday that they hired Trahan, Burden & Charles (TBC) to create an advertising campaign for the state agency. Its former ad agency, Eisner Communications, stopped operating last month because it ran out of money. Eisner had many high-profile clients that it left in the lurch, including Provident Bank and the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
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By Andrea K. Walker and Andrea K. Walker,SUN STAFF | July 15, 2005
As the World Series of Poker has grown from an obscure tournament to a cultural phenomenon, a Baltimore advertising and public relations company has found itself at the center - or at least behind the scenes - of the burgeoning event. With more than 500 reporters at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to watch celebrities, poker professionals and average Joes vie for millions in gambling winnings, Trahan, Burden and Charles has been charged with managing public relations for the red-hot event.
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By June Arney and June Arney,SUN STAFF | April 10, 2003
The Board of Estimates approved yesterday a $500,000 loan to help advertising firm Trahan, Burden & Charles Inc. defray the cost of moving to Fells Point from the Charles Street location it has occupied for more than 12 years. The 10-year loan, with an annual interest rate of 2 percent, was offered after the agency threatened to move out of the city. The money is to be used for the purchase of furniture, fixtures and equipment for the new headquarters at 900 S. Wolfe St., where the agency is expected to move June 1. "We've enjoyed being where we are," said Allan Charles, president and creative director at TBC. "We've had a good run. But change is good.
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By June Arney and June Arney,SUN STAFF | August 21, 2001
Baltimore-based Trahan, Burden & Charles Inc. launched a new print campaign yesterday for The Wall Street Journal Online - expanding its relationship with the business publication, which has become one of the local advertising firm's largest clients. The series of print ads will feature classic photos of immediately recognizable historical figures such as Gen. George Patton, Dr. Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Jack Benny and Ernest Hemingway. Beneath the photos, the newspaper and online editions of The Wall Street Journal will be depicted, along with the headline, "They would have used both."
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By June Arney and June Arney,SUN STAFF | December 23, 2000
Provident Bankshares Corp. has decided to retain its hometown advertising and public relations firm, Trahan, Burden & Charles Inc., as agency of record for a 10th year. Baltimore-based Provident, a client of TBC's since 1991, put the $2 million account up for review in September, contracting with Westport Consulting Group, a media-consulting firm in Westport, Conn., to conduct the review. "It's just good business practice to do reviews of your suppliers," Lillian S. Kilroy, a spokeswoman for Provident, said yesterday.
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By Amanda J. Crawford and Amanda J. Crawford,SUN STAFF | June 12, 1999
Trahan, Burden & Charles has won one of the top awards given by the Public Relations Society of America for its work on the launch of Port Discovery.Another Baltimore-area company, Imre & Associates LLC, also was honored with a Silver Anvil award for its campaign for Ryobi North America, a power tool and outdoor equipment manufacturer.TBC Executive Vice President Sandy Hillman called the Silver Anvil "the equivalent of the Oscars" in the movie industry. "It sends an important message to your clients that you don't have to work with firms in New York or L.A.," she said.