Month: April 2005

For those who still believe that any publicity is good publicity you maywant to check out this story. PT Barnum would be ashamed! http://mnpr.blogspot.com/2005/04/pr-can-be-circus-literally.html

The big story for TV news today was the poor Canadian singer, Caroline Marcil, who forgot the words to the US National Anthem at a hockey game, gave up, came back, and slipped on the [Read more…]

I’ve been in corporate public relations for a long time, long enough to feel, like many others, that there is sometimes a predisposition on the part of the news media — I won’t call it [Read more…]

Here’s why blogs are important to corporations: their CEOs think it’s a great way to get the word out unfiltered, unvarnished, and yes, undistorted by the media and other third parties. A good example is [Read more…]

Full disclosure here: I’m on the national board of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and I earned my APR in 1989. But like the shoemakers’ children, we PRSA leaders haven’t done a great [Read more…]

Philadelphia Business Journal reports that Advanta Corp. has resolved its contractual issues with former vice chairman and prominent marketing executive Brian Tierney after terminating his employment earlier this year. From the Advanta filing, it looks [Read more…]

While not yet mainstream, online personal journals, commonly referred to as “blogs,” are fast becoming a new communications medium for just about anyone who wants to share topical news and information — as well as [Read more…]

CHERRY HILL, NJ – April 18, 2005 – Lubetkin & Co. Communications LLC, a diversified communications consultancy here, has introduced a “blogging and podcasting” practice for its clients, the firm announced.“Blogs,” or weblogs, are chronological [Read more…]

Media companies are incredibly arrogant and condescending to the people who keep them in business buy buying their music and videos. Perhaps that explains why people don’t feel guilty about downloading music from the Internet. [Read more…]