Category Archives: In the News

Bulldog Reporter Piece on State of PR Blogging

A Pew Research study that was in the news last week concluded that youg people are spending less time on blogs and more time on Twitter and Facebook.  This has led to some questions about the state of blogging and … Continue reading

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Are You Tweeting to Me? I’m the Only One Here

The Middle East is on fire with revolution. As many news articles have documented, social media has played a key role, e.g. dissenters have used Facebook to organize and Twitter to have their voices heard. The governments in power have … Continue reading

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As the Media Turns: Has Apple Bulldozed One Deal Too Many?

It is one of those truisms that is especially relevant in the PR world: don’t pick fights with those who buy ink by the barrel. While in most cases it is electrons that are at stake these days, the principle … Continue reading

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Imaging Centers up their Image

I am a sucker for a good headline and a good story about PR. That is why yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article Boosting Medical Scans’ Image caught my attention (it also doesn’t hurt that I have three radiologists in my … Continue reading

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1 Space, 2 Space, Red Face, Blue Face (Slate Rants on Punctuation and Brings PR into Fray)

My job as a senior manager at a PR agency requires me to do a fair amount of editing and writing. Yet I am an engineer by education, and my training in these things has been mostly on-the-job (see my … Continue reading

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Flack’s Revenge cited as Top PR Blog

The frown from my “oh well, back at my desk again” post New Year’s blues has turned into a smile as I realized this morning why I suddenly have a bunch of new Twitter followers. Paul Roberts included Flack’s Revenge … Continue reading

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Good PR and Diplomatic Cable Writing: Not so Different

People who read this blog might expect to see some dark humor here that relates to the title of the post and the WikiLeaks imbroglio. Well, I think SNL did a pretty good job of that over the weekend,with their … Continue reading

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Will Courts Defend the “Right of Publicity?”

So what does Hugo Zacchini the human cannonball have in common with the NCAA and former Arizona State quarterback Sam Keller? All of the above have sought legal remedies against organizations that have used their images without compensation or consent, … Continue reading

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Time Magazine Propagates Myths About PR

I was taking in this week’s Time Magazine, and, always on the prowl for good fodder for the blog, ran across a review of a new book on the PR field, called Deadly Spin. “Wonderful!” I thought, that is until … Continue reading

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Retail Marketing: Tapping the Blogosphere to Drive Demand

The New York Times’ Small Business column had an article about how to get products on retailers’ shelves.  This caught my attention, insofar as I covered a simlar topic in my post Marketing with Social Media on a Shoestring recently. … Continue reading

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