Over the last few years, I’ve really enjoyed reading blogs of soldiers serving overseas- The information comes straight from the source without being filtered through the mainstream media, and as a result I’ve been able to read a number of extremely compelling stories. I empathize with these guys. I see how hard they’re working, and […]
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Military changes comm policy, bloggers need permission to post
Published by May 3rd, 2007 in Government, PR in the Media, Public Relations, Social Media, Web 2.0, Web/Internet, Weblogs and Writing. 0 CommentsIt’s not time to kill the press release yet
Published by January 21st, 2007 in PR Practice, PR in the Media, Public Relations, RSS, Social Networking, Technology, Web 2.0, Web/Internet, Weblogs and Writing. 1 CommentI had to groan a bit when I read Robert Scoble’s recent comments (agreeing with similar comments made by Stowe Boyd) about the need to get rid of the press release as a mechanism for distributing information. Scoble is one of my favorite daily reads, but I think he’s off when he suggests press releases […]
Are PR folks being paid to “Digg” stories?
Published by December 12th, 2006 in PR in the Media, Public Relations, Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Web/Internet. 2 CommentsJason Calacanis, former General Manager of Netscape and CEO of Weblogs, Inc., claims that a number of top Digg users are being paid by PR firms to promote stories to the top page. He’s even offering a $100 bounty to those who can "out the social news scammers." (For those of you unfamiliar with Digg, […]
Michael Ian Black riffs on Public Relations
Published by October 14th, 2006 in PR in the Media. 0 CommentsLast night I went and saw Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black (probably best known for doing Sierra Mist commercials and VH1’s "I love the 80s") do stand-up at the Metro in Chicago. I’ve been big fans of both since they did "The State" on MTV long ago, and I’m constantly evangelizing their movie "Wet […]
