marketing public relations founded brooklyn ny us 1990 founder marilyn laverty number of locations brooklyn ny nashville tn website www.shorefire.com shore fire media is a publicity and media management firm based in brooklyn new york that specializes in entertainment and popular culture . founded in 1990 by marilyn laverty the company has run public relations campaigns for artists such as bruce springsteen 1 lana del rey 2 and zac brown band . 3 in 2011 laverty was named one of billboard s top 40 women in music . 4 contents 1 history 2 notable campaigns 3 references 4 external links history edit shore fire media was founded in 1990 by marilyn laverty in a small office in brooklyn new york with one employee and two desks and future company senior vp mark satlof as a consultant . 5 laverty previously had worked for 13 years at columbia records rising to become vp of publicity . 1 shore fire appeared on the new york observer s power list 50 of new york s top public relations firms in 2013 2014 and 2015 . 2 6 7 notable campaigns edit while the company originally focused on the music industry 5 it later branched into a wider client base including venues businesses websites books and non music events . 4 other clients include entertainers authors comedians apps and services non profit organizations and trade associations as well as health and lifestyle brands . 8 since the 2013 opening of its nashville office the firm has represented country acts such as kenny chesney zac brown band lee brice brandy clark martina mcbride and lee ann womack . 3 in 2014 the firm began representing maria rodale ceo and chairman of lifestyle publishers rodale inc. 9 companies and non profits have included tunecore a2im 10 intelligence squared friedman diabetes institute whyhunger downtown music publishing and music & memory . 11 12 other current and past music clients have included bon iver elvis costello carole king bonnie raitt and st. vincent as well as summerfest brooklyn bowl and fare the well celebrating 50 years of the grateful dead . 13 14 15 the company gained recognition with the launch of the bruce springsteen and the e street band s the rising in july 2002 1 which was springsteen s first studio album with the band since 1984 . according to the new york times shore fire released only ten copies to selected listeners before the release as compared to the industry standard of releasing hundreds of promos . 16 references edit a b c bannan karen j. march 24 2003 . marilyn laverty . adage . retrieved 2013 04 19 . a b http observer.com 2013 10 the power 50 list slide13 a b shore fire media to open nashville office . billboard . march 26 2013 . retrieved 2013 04 19 . a b billboard s women in music 2011 marilyn laverty no. 39 . billboard . 2011 . retrieved 2013 04 19 . a b ciarallo joe april 3 2008 . prnewser interview mark satlof shore fire media vp . mediabistro . retrieved 2013 04 19 . http observer.com 2014 11 new yorks top 50 public relations agencies pr power list28 2 http observer.com 2015 12 pr power 50 slide25 about us . shore fire media . retrieved 2013 04 19 . http observer.com 2015 12 pr power 50 slide25 vote independent celebrate independent labels and artists 55th grammy nominations . a2im american association of independent music . december 2012 . retrieved 2013 04 19 . about us . whyhunger . retrieved 2013 04 19 . http www.musicrow.com 2015 09 brian mansfield to join shore fire media http observer.com 2015 12 pr power 50 slide25 http maconcountytimes.com features community 7764 carter featured in forbes http observer.com 2015 12 pr power 50 slide25 nelson chris july 15 2002 . springsteen protects his new cd s online in an old fashioned way . new york times . retrieved 2013 04 19 . external links edit shorefiremedia.com shore fire blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shore fire media & oldid 740563618 categories companies based in new york citypublic relations companies of the united statesmedia companies established in 1990 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 21 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view