Head over to Entertainment Weekly or MTV’s Buzzworth Blog, and you may notice: America’s favorite poker face is looking a little pixilated these days. Media attention has swarmed around Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and its recent acquisition of a…
Year: 2010
Death of the Internet? I think not.
Prince is getting a lot of headlines for proclaiming the Internet is outdated. “The Internet’s like MTV,” he said to a reporter from The Mirror. “At one time, MTV was hip, and suddenly it became outdated.” He should probably take…
No PR…er Soup…for You
When positive press comes along, most businesses see it as a good thing. After all, a lengthy story in let’s say The New York Daily News or a 2-minute slot on CBS’s The Early Show can do wonders in terms…
Don’t Take the Bait
Two recent news stories reminded me of a good lesson for people facing critical questioning from the media: don’t take the bait. We expect the media to ask tough, fair questions. It’s their job and that’s what they should do. But…
Independence Day on Publicity Stained Beaches
The summer travel season is well underway this weekend with big 4th of July celebrations planned. But how many people will be vacationing along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and our home state of Florida? Independence Day for…
Larry King is Hanging up his Suspenders
Larry King announced that he is retiring from his prime-time cable TV interview show on CNN, where he has been asking the tough questions to celebrities, world leaders and people in the news for a quarter century. For me, the…