Beyoncé & Barack: A PR Contrast
Nick Farrell Photography/Courtesy of Columbia Records This week, we watched as the White House press corps angrily revolted against the office of the President of the United States, accusing Mr. Obama...
View ArticleMedia’s Fate: Platform or Publication?
PandoDaily’s intrepid New York reporter Erin Griffith set Twitter tongues-a-waggin with her piece drawing a journalistic distinction between news “publications” and content “platforms.” She questioned...
View ArticleIn Search Of Justine
Of all the pontificators on Twitter who weighed in on the unfortunate Friday night fiasco featuring one Justine Sacco (in absentia), several struck a chord with me. I personally weighed in to suggest...
View ArticleMedia Relations Is Dead. Long Live Media Relations.
A few weeks ago, a senior media executive at one of the largest, most digitally savvy PR agencies shared with me a call he had with his top management in which they lamented the lack of media relations...
View Article1 In 128 Billion: A Slam Dunk
Warren Buffett (via Forbes) These are the odds of winning the $1 billion that Warren Buffet and Quicken Loans ponied up for the NCAA hoops genius who correctly picks the “perfect March Madness”...
View ArticleThose Super Bowl Ads
Having worked on a good share of Super Bowl ad campaigns over the years — from HotJobs to Pepsi — I try to keep tabs on the tools and strategies PR agencies deploy on behalf of their clients to...
View ArticleUnder Armour’s Fashion Faux Pas
Polo Ralph Lauren for Team USA (Photo: Getty) Love it or hate it, Polo Ralph Lauren’s Team USA Olympics apparel didn’t have to do much to gain fans. Its “Made in America” label alone thrust the...
View ArticleAll Press Required To Stay Strictly On Message
Ronan Farrow, no stranger to controversy, is slated to receive a journalism award named for one of the icons of the profession: “The Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Journalism.” The...
View ArticleAn Unhealthy Funding Event
Ahh. The yin-yang of it all. Today, the Twitter trumpet Launchticker touted the $80M round of financing for Oscar Health Insurance, founded by New Jerseyan Joshua Kushner of Thrive Capital who’s the...
View ArticleDownton Abbey’s Bottle Bonanza
Downton Abbey has enjoyed tremendous attention and affection from its fans and the media over the four seasons the British-bred period costume drama has aired here on PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre. But as...
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