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My friend Christine over at Business Wire sent me a link to a fun and thought-provoking video clip about the changed world in which we (or many of us) now live.It was produced by Digital Ethnography, “a working group of Kansas State University students and faculty dedicated to exploring and extending the possibilities of digital…… Continue reading Kansas Ethnography

Some years ago, during the nascent days of the Internet, the newspaper industry, as embodied by its national trade association the NAA, believed itself to be disadvantaged.You see, the barometer of the medium’s health, the Audit Bureau of Circulation, only measured circulation, e.g., single copy sales at newsstands and the actual number of subscribers. The…… Continue reading The Newsstand

“‘She’s past the point!’ declared Kristian Laliberte, a fashion publicist and self-appointed arbiter of New York socialites, as he finalized the guest list for the show of Yigal Azrou, a designer attempting to woo the socialite in-crowd. ‘She’s becoming Paris Hilton!'”Anyone strolling by Bryant Park in midtown this week will no doubt glimpse the fabulously…… Continue reading Fashionista

I’m always a little skeptical when I see a headline that touts the first of this or the first of that. Sure, no company expects to make news by debuting the second product or service in its space. Therefore, as PR advisors, we often are charged with probing our clients to uncover that “superlatively speaking”…… Continue reading Motor Blog

Ken Auletta takes a look at the world of New York PR man Howard Rubenstein in a lengthy, well-researched (and some might say fawning) feature that appears in this week’s issue of the New Yorker. I spoke with Ken about Howard and had mostly complimentary things to say.After all, who can argue with Rubenstein’s top…… Continue reading Who Ya Gonna Call?

Can you really blame them? Fortune (and former NY Post) scribe Tim Arango reports the news, which others have picked up , that the Sulzberger-Ochs family is pulling the majority of its investments held at Morgan Stanley.The purported reason: the crusade by one of the investment firm’s fund managers in London to pressure the family…… Continue reading Ochs’ Stocks

I’m confused. For two days running, the fabled New York Post recounted the nocturnal exploits of P. Diddy and celebrity-du-jour Sienna Miller.On the third day (today) of the scandal-in-the-making coverage, the Post pops a photo on its front page of the rap/fashion/business impresario with Kim Porter, his long-time girlfriend, coddling their seven-week-old twin girls.The cover…… Continue reading Diddy Double Dipper

Former Ziff-Davis competitive analyst Sam Whitmore started Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey nearly ten years ago to help PR professionals navigate the vernacular and editorial peccadilloes of the technology trade press.Sam’s purview now extends beyond paper. I caught up with him at the Always On Conference. Here’s what he had to say. TRT: 4:20PR Sam Whitmore…… Continue reading Sam’s Club

Scoping the Always On conference, I’ve noticed many A-list bloggers, but few mainstream media types. I’m not even talking about journos credentialed to cover (after all, there is a competitive confab making news in NYC this week).Where are the media execs charged with getting their arms around the disruptive forces decimating their businesses?One exception is…… Continue reading Whitaker Walks the Walk

I joined the Always On Network about two years ago. It was a bit geeky, i.e., one had to drill down in its member database to transcend the insular world of Silicon Valley. Nonetheless, the content, much of it exclusive to members, painted a provocative picture for PR pros (among others).As you’ve (hopefully) been reading,…… Continue reading Perkins Professes