Has anyone noticed any 2010 ‘best of” lists of late? They’re impossible to avoid. The prognosticating pundits are literally coming out of the digital woodworks!Some are prophetic, others, less so. Here’s a link to a compilation of predictions from a year ago. You decide.The re-tweeted round-ups that dominate my Twitterstream tend to focus on trends…… Continue reading Desperately Seeking Social in 2010
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PR Insurance
Paul Bradshaw, writing today for Poynter Online, raises an important issue that’s as old as, well, the age of citizen-journalists, i.e., less than 10 years: “In the E-mail Era, Who Owns the Interview?”I also posted on this journalistic conundrum in August 2005 following Mark Cuban’s open dust-up with The New York Times’s Andrew Ross Sorkin.You…… Continue reading PR Insurance
Tiger’s Vexing Twexts
When last I checked, Tiger was still trending on Twitter. Today two London papers poured more fuel on a fire that just refuses to go out. The Guardian’s “Organ Grinder” blog postulates: “Why Tiger Woods PR disaster could scare brands off sports stars for good” While The Times of London published no fewer than six…… Continue reading Tiger’s Vexing Twexts
Good Journalism and PR
At the gym this morning, I happened to catch a CNN promo for its Campbell Brown climate segment: “Climate Conspiracy? — which called the very science behind global warming into question. Huh? Sweeps month was last month, wasn’t it?It’s clear that CNN, and most of the MSM, have fallen prey to a still-unknown partisan who…… Continue reading Good Journalism and PR
Small and Big Screens…
I had the good fortune to attend the thought-provoking “Future of Media” panel, hosted by MediaPost and sponsored by AOL and others, in New York City last week as part of Advertising Week.Featured (from left to right) were: Mark Cuban (HD Net, Dallas Mavs), Vivien Schiller (NPR), Bob Garfield (Ad Age, NPR), Martha Stewart, Reid…… Continue reading Small and Big Screens…
Prez Presses the Press
If you’re an A-list newsmaker, you can pretty much call the shots over where, when, and how you take your media interviews.And today, there are few bigger newsmakers than the leader of the free world (unless you count celebrity-du-jour Lady Gaga (or that “skank with a brain.”) But I won’t go there.The Wall Street Journal…… Continue reading Prez Presses the Press
Tweet-Ups, etc.
Has there ever been a time when we’ve seen so many media and marketing industry confabs? They range from six-person tweet-ups to the much buzzed-about annual gathering pictured here ——->The organizers of these events sure know how to entice attendees with all the right buzzwords, e.g., “new media,” “social media,” “PR 2.0,” “Web 3.0,” “community,”…… Continue reading Tweet-Ups, etc.
It’s a Digital Life
My wife had had enough. Our #1 and #2 sons will be home from college soon and we needed more space for their stuff. For years, she’s had her eye on the dozen or so boxes that contained “my life’s work” (as I put it). Today my pleads for preservation went unheeded. “Too bad” was…… Continue reading It’s a Digital Life
Twitter’s Second Life
Over the years, this blog has looked at the phenomenon of hype, and specifically, how too much of it can result in diminishing returns for the recipient (i.e., your client). I always believed that regulating media attention, especially when demand for client access is at its peak, leads to long-term sustainability and (en)viability.Over the weekend.…… Continue reading Twitter’s Second Life
Diss the Press
No. I’m not obsessed with President Obama’s fledgling press office or the musings of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. But maybe I should be.Yesterday, author and former New York Times investigative reporter David Cay Johnston shared his experience dealing with the Obama PR operation in a CJR piece headlined: “Who’s Undercutting Obama?For the moment,…… Continue reading Diss the Press