I’m not advocating for consumer-facing brands on Twitter to go rogue or anything, but what if they did, and it eventually paid off? A day doesn’t pass when some tasteless new Twitter-fueled gaffe emerges onto the media’s radar and is quickly added to the annals of bad PR practices. This of course follows a viral…… Continue reading In Praise of Rogue Tweets
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Crowdsourcing Paparazzi
SF-based private equity firm Hellman and Friedman snapped up Getty Images this week to the tune of $2.4 billion. This is after Getty spent years shuttering every independent photo agency in its sights.The Hellman and Friedman folks are a pretty shrewd bunch. I witnessed this first-hand when they privatized my former agency, then flipped it…… Continue reading Crowdsourcing Paparazzi