Valleywag reports that the Wall Street Journal’s new managing editor Marcus Brauchli opposes the practice of PR-embargoed announcements. “…the younger generation of newspaper managers, Brauchli among them, are tired of these cosy [sic] arrangements; and tired of being scooped if news leaks out to the web before the embargo is lifted.” Hmmm. I wonder if […]
Jeff Bercovici, the astute media reporter (and blogger) for the reinvented Radar pinged me this morning with his nomination for this week’s “Bad Pitch Blog” entry. It’s US Netcom Corp, which today moved a news release over PR Newswire with the headline: “Could Emergency Phone Notification Have Prevented Virginia Tech Massacre?” It’s reminiscent of the
Cameron from “Ferris,” no doubt. I’m a huge fan of Robert Kennedy Jr. His tireless work as chief prosecuting attorney for the environmental group Riverkeeper and the meticulously researched article he penned for Rolling Stone exposing the treacherous electoral abuses in Ohio during the 2004 Presidential elections cemented my admiration for the scion of America’s
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As details continue to unfold from yesterday’s horrific events at Virginia Tech, the gun lobby, as embodied by the National Rifle Association, is no doubt prepping to do battle with emboldened advocates for gun control. Ironically, one of the NRA’s biggest boosters — our President — heads to the VT campus for his obligatory photo-op.
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Now here’s a thought: could the over-the-top media attention for Don Imus ultimately boost his career prospects? Or did the curmudgeonly shock jock truly suffer a fatal blow (as this blogger predicted early this week)? Frankly, in thinking further about this oh-so-modern conundrum, I am beginning to feel that I may have been too quick
File this under “shameless promotion.” In the mid-1980’s, I thought it would be a cool idea to capture on (3/4″ analog) tape the opening montages and closing credits for every TV program that presented a “placement” opportunity for our clients’ people, products and promotions. When edited, the total running time was under ten minutes. If
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Was I asleep at the wheel or did one of the industry’s more astute observers of the profession give up his blogging ways? Sure, the Holmes Report website seems up to date, but the site’s proprietor hasn’t shared his acerbic British-American wit for the RSS crowd since the Super Bowl in February. No notice. No
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“This entire experience has opened my eyes up to a tragic world of injustice,” he said. “If police officers and a district attorney can systematically railroad us with absolutely no evidence whatsoever, I can’t imagine what they would do to people [who] do not have the resources to defend themselves.” — Former Duke lacrosse player
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PR people love to play Monday morning quarterback. In fact, isn’t this the stock-in-trade of many PR bloggers (this one included)? OK. What else can be said about Don Imus’s eventual career-ending (my prediction) faux-pas? Unlike Jimmy the Greek, Mr. Imus apparently has a long, sordid history of racial and gender insensitivity. But the big
Now that the environment has returned to the front burner of the nation’s political (and public) agendas, I wonder whether Earth Day 2007 will regain some of its former glory? The first Earth Day, of course, was held on April 22, 1970, and is recognized as the beginning of the modern environmental movement. “Over 20
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