Another Atlantic City casino is closing its doors and massive hotel/gaming complexes are gathering dust. Atlantic City, NJ, was supposed to be Las Vegas East. At least that is what the governor and developers hoped for. So, they piled in and built and built until there was more capacity than needed, given the rise of […]
Posted on August 13th, 2014 by admin
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Amazon and book publishers need each other. It is sad that one of the largest publishers has entered a pitched battle with the largest bookstore on earth. It is equally unhappy that Amazon sparked this war because it wants to get its way with marketing e-books. As the PR war continues, the real loser is the public, […]
Posted on August 11th, 2014 by admin
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…can get away with punishing his own people in an effort to strike at other nations. Call it reverse PR. I’m cutting off my nose to spite you, and it is going to hurt. No wonder President Obama is not impressed with Putin’s latest move. One wonders, however, how long the Russian people will put […]
Posted on August 8th, 2014 by admin
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The hysteria about Ebola patients coming to America for treatment presents an opportunity for public relations. That is what the chief nurse at Emory University is doing with this article. She not only counters the concern about the virus getting loose but she skillfully positions Emory on the leading edge of medical centers for such […]
Posted on August 7th, 2014 by admin
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This article focusing on spin-offs of newspapers and magazines into separate companies is wrong-headed. Media companies were public servants as long as they made money, and since they were often in monopoly positions, they could afford to be high-minded. As the internet took over, so did the economic imperative driving newspapers and magazines. They live […]
Posted on August 6th, 2014 by admin
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Watch this. It is comedian John Oliver’s attack on sponsored content online, and the satire is devastating. He first defines the difference between Church and State as it has existed in the media for much of the 20th Century then he shows how the line has blurred between the two since the rise of the […]
Posted on August 5th, 2014 by admin
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This fellow has been mocked enough for his blatant appeal to reporters to follow him and his boss on social media. The question is how should he have approached the media, if at all. For one, the idea of a “bribe’ should never be considered. No wonder he was held up as an oaf. Rather, […]
Posted on August 4th, 2014 by admin
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This is funny satire on the online way of gathering and reporting information. It’s all in clicks and clicks determine both copy and especially, the headline. News is watered down to titillation. Important information is banished. If a reader fails to open a story, all is lost. The trend hearkens back to the era of Yellow […]
Posted on August 1st, 2014 by admin
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