Between Trump and the GOP’s disregard for the truth, and the unwillingness of the major social platforms – Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter – to remove provably false or purposely doctored information from reaching its users, America is poised for a whole lot of hurt in 2020. Now comes the news, thanks to some nifty reporting…… Continue reading Disinformation and the PR Industry
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Threats Create Dilemma for SXSW Organizers
As I prepare to head off to Dublin this weekend to attend Web Summit, I’m reminded of another overwhelmingly large gathering of geeks (and those who wish to profit from them). I’m talking of course about South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, which today finds itself in the proverbial PR pickle. Before I delve into SouthBy’s…… Continue reading Threats Create Dilemma for SXSW Organizers
Pope Francis: On The Media’s ‘A’ List
Hearing the helicopters hover over my upper east side neighborhood in anticipation of the arrival tomorrow in NYC of Pope Francis, it’s hard not to be taken with the command and control this one individual, and his PR consiglieres, have exerted over how he will be publicly perceived. Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Vladimir Putin:…… Continue reading Pope Francis: On The Media’s ‘A’ List
PR’s House Of Media Cards
Appointment TV has seen better days. Sure, live sporting events, big-time award shows, live TV talk, and breaking news still have the capacity to draw large, shared audiences in real-time. But more and more consumers are opting to time-shift their regular cable, broadcast and video viewing to align with their own schedules. Netflix’s release of…… Continue reading PR’s House Of Media Cards
Uber Vs. Some Hairy NYC Cabbies
If one were to name the top ten most successful startups in the last five years, everyone’s seemingly favorite on-demand car service Uber would invariably make the list. The taxi industry-disruptive service has more investors throwing more money at it than one can reasonably fathom. Its last round in June raised some $1.2 billion from…… Continue reading Uber Vs. Some Hairy NYC Cabbies