Category Archives: PR

Bonfire of the Merger Vanities

Posted on May 9, 2008 by rgeller

(Fair and balanced in love and war) The drama and anticlimactic ending of Microsoft’s play for Yahoo made me realize how much I love to read about mergers.  Not so much for the news, but for stories that the media … Continue reading →

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WSJ Catalogs the Über Influencers

Posted on May 6, 2008 by rgeller

The WSJ journal had a great article yesterday, New Breed of Business Guru Rises.  It identified the top thinkers that business leaders look to for advice: Psychologists, journalists and celebrity chief executives crowd the top of a ranking of influential … Continue reading →

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Death of Media Relations

Posted on April 7, 2008 by rgeller

As long as we are picking our figurative deaths (recall Tom Foremski famously proclaimed the Death of the Press Release) I thought it might be time to declare the Death of Media Relations. Not as in the sense: “the media … Continue reading →

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PR for PR, and (social media releases)

Posted on April 3, 2008 by rgeller

I have not done an exhaustive survey,  but get the sense that the social media release is not registering much beyond a small number of forward thinking PR people and marketers.  I also feel that the PR profession  has some … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Media Relations

Posted on March 28, 2008 by rgeller

Believe it or not, there was a time back in the day when some journalists liked to get info by fax. Over the years, in educational sessions we run for our staff at Fusion PR, I have emphasized that as … Continue reading →

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NY Times Dabbles in PR (But not enough of their own)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by rgeller

The NY Times covered the PR profession this weekend (see Sunday business section, Your Publicist should Call my Publicist); or, more specifically, the world of Hollywood publicists, in an article that was clearly timed to coincide with the Oscar awards. … Continue reading →

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WSJ “does” PR (A kinder, gentler outing)

Posted on December 21, 2007 by rgeller

My Fusion friend and colleague (and all around brilliant PR pro) Suzanne McGee pointed out a couple of PR-related WSJ items a little earlier this week. One was a prominent piece in the print publication (“Are Your Clients Happy Now, … Continue reading →

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PR’s Existential Meltdown

Posted on November 27, 2007 by rgeller

In what could be “A Tale of Two PR Realities,” we have conflicting views of the state  of the PR profession, courtesy some of biggest and brightest names in the business, in recent pronouncements from the UK. Will McInnes, blogging … Continue reading →

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PR Golden Turkey Awards

Posted on November 21, 2007 by rgeller

Well, it’s that time of year, and I have a sudden hankering for some golden fried turkey. Yes, that’s right, delicious turkey deep fried to a golden crisp in a three phase, 1000 Amp combustible turkey fryer; none of that … Continue reading →

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Media R Us

Posted on November 8, 2007 by rgeller

I have a new post on the Fusion forum blog that kind of rounds out my previous discussion of aPublication of One (referenced below in my last post and introduced here back in February). Not only is the world of … Continue reading →

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