"A publicist is a person whose job it is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album. Most top-level publicists work in private practice, handling multiple clients. The term \"publicist\" was coined by Columbia law professor Francis Lieber (1800\u20131872) to describe the public-like role of internationalists during the late nineteenth century."@en .