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PR Golden Turkey Award goes to Tiger Woods
Day 5 and the silence continuesI am a bit late on my annual Golden Turkey awards (this Thanksgiving I actually did get me some fried turkey, see photo, thanks brother Mark!), but one obvious candidate is Tiger Woods.Last night I found myself nodd...
Scenes from the Sausage Factory: How News Gets Done
The story is about to break about a sex scandal involving the governor - reporters from a major daily and the governor's press agents scramble behind the scenes to get the facts right before publication...A supreme court justice visits a NY prep...
David Letterman, Stand up Crisis Manager
The media and everyone else continue to buzz about the Letterman affair(s). I thought I'd take a few moments to share my perspective on it.From a professional communicator's standpoint, I think Letterman has handled this masterfully.In c...
Billion Dollar Baby (Twitter and the Value of Buzz)
Twitter is raising new money in an effort that would assign a value of $1 billion to the company. This, for a company that seems remarkably unconcerned about beating a path to any realistic business model. What does such a......
The Pro, the Shmoe and the Joe: Icons Behaving Badly
We had a couple of weeks packed with celebrity meltdowns and rehabilitation attempts. By now everyone is familiar with tennis pro Serena William's meltdown at the US Open, rapper Kanye West's MTV VMA outburst, and South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilso...
Have You Seen this Bank? Stealth Campaigns take on New Meaning
The NY Times wrote that banks are downplaying promotional activities at events to avoid perceptions that they are big spenders and out of touch with the financial realities of the day. They are apparently not going so far as to......
Lessons on the Power of Narrative from a Horrific Accident and 8 lost lives
She Was Sick Like a slowly developing Polaroid photo, a portrait began to emerge that described the woman, and the events leading up the tragic accident. I had been at the Palisades Mall with my family on a Sunday afternoon.......
Jamming the Frequencies: Fear, Loathing and How to Keep a Secret at Apple
One of the laws of buzz is scarcity. Things that are in high demand but short supply tend to score well on the buzz index. This relates to information as well. And, on that note, you have to admire Apple......
Tales from the Forefront of Attention Science
Colored lights can hypnotize... sparkle someone else's eyes Those words are from the lyrics of American Woman, a song by the 70's band Guess Who. They came to mind as I read the article: Ear Plugs to Lasers: The Science......
What's so Funny About Peace, Love and Global Warming?
Sure, we all do it. We all spin. Everyone chooses the words they feel will best help them in a given situation. Yet, get caught in the act of doing this in a calculated way and alarm bells go off;......
This Nasty Breakup Brought to you By.....
This one seduced the babysitter. That one is a little nutty. The first has various disgusting addictions. Then there is the one who cheated on his spouse with a cougar rock star. The wife returned the favor and is also......
Stepford Wonks
As I said in my post Influencers Gone Wild in the Blogosphere, it would only be shrewd to consider that there might be hidden allegiances and agendas amongst the bloggers and other influencers you seek to approach for coverage. But......
NY Times Dabbles in PR (But not enough of their own)
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 awar...
