Other forms: publicists
A publicist is somebody whose job is getting attention for a client. Hire a publicist, the publicist called, a music publicist.
They arrange coverage, place stories and manage what is said, and in entertainment the relationship between publicists and journalists is most of how coverage happens. A publicist is not the same as a press officer, who works inside an organisation. Note publicity, public relations; and that the word once meant a writer on public affairs, which is a considerably more dignified job than it now describes.
1nounpublicistSomebody whose job is getting attention for a client.
“Her publicist arranged a string of radio interviews to promote the new album.”
publicist is a publicity worker.
French publiciste meant a writer on public law and public affairs. American usage moved it to somebody managing publicity, and the older sense has vanished entirely from English.
French
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English, today
publicist
French publiciste, equivalent to public + -ist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA