Howard Bragman - Los Angeles, California

Howard Bragman

Los Angeles, California

Communications

Public Relations, Communications

21-50

Leveraging more than two decades of experience in public relations, Howard Bragman founded Fifteen Minutes, a strategic media and communications firm, in 2005. Through this agency, Howard Bragman works with entertainers and other clients who represent a multitude of industries to provide crisis management and other public relations services.

In addition to working directly with clients, he is a prolific writer, having published articles in The Los Angeles Times, Advertising Age, The Advocate, and Playboy. Moreover, Howard Bragman recently published Where’s My Fifteen Minutes?, a book in which he discusses techniques for generating public attention in the modern era. As he deftly demonstrates, not all press is good press in an increasingly connected world. Bad publicity can permanently damage reputations and destroy even the most solid businesses. While the book does not promise to make individuals famous, it provides them with the skills, tools, and knowledge necessary to navigate the public relations world as it stands today.

Before founding Fifteen Minutes, Howard Bragman established Bragman Nyman Cafarelli Public Relations and Marketing, which remains one of the most respected firms of its kind in the United States. In 2001, he sold the firm to Interpublic, a prominent marketing holding company. In addition, Howard Bragman has acted as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, where he taught the basics of public relations and provided insight into some of the more complex issues surrounding communications for several years.

Outside of work, Howard Bragman has remained a proponent for more than two decades of lesbian and gay civil rights, First Amendment protections, Jewish initiatives, and individuals struggling with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Project Los Angeles, Congregation Kol Ami, and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation have all honored him for his contributions to their causes.