Publicity Club of New York

The Rise of Infographics

PCNY April 4 Luncheon: Infographics At the urging of my fellow Publicity Club of New York board member Lisa Kovitz of Edelman, last week we convened a panel on the explosion of infographics in news reporting. The senior news graphics decisionmakers from CNNMoney, Huffington Post, Mashable and The Associated Press walked nearly 100 New York-based […]

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Publicity Dead? Hardly.

Let’s face it. As ubiquitous as the term social media has become in the PR person’s lexicon (and hopefully client programs) the majority of pros still continue to engage journalists as part of their core service offering. Many (mistakenly) believe that “blogger engagement” falls under the social media rubric, when in fact, it resides squarely

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Future of Media

On Wednesday, I expect to learn the future of media. The day begins with Media Magazine‘s Future of Media Forum or “It’s Not What it Used to Be.” At The Times Center in NYC, Wired‘s Chris Anderson will take these and other media movers and shakers through their paces: Mark Cuban, Martha Stewart, NPR’s Vivien

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Behind the Cable Dial

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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