Two Sony executives have apologized for remarks they made in e-mails that hackers exposed to the world. One wonders if anyone ever told them that what they write in an e-mail is sent to the world and not just another party because one loses control after hitting the send button. It is E-mail 101. Never […]
Posted on December 12th, 2014 by admin
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As if the internet didn’t provide enough worry for PR practitioners, here is another. Online vigilante detectives are reporting incidents faster than the news media, sometimes accurately but just as often inaccurately. It is almost impossible for a PR practitioner to keep up with them in handling an incident. For one, PR is bound by […]
Posted on December 11th, 2014 by admin
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The public editor of The New York Times has wise advice for Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone has had to retract a rape-on-campus story because of poor and incomplete reporting. It was a heavy blow to the publication’s image. The Times’ editor is telling Rolling Stone to reveal the entire shoddy episode and how it […]
Posted on December 10th, 2014 by admin
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When does sloppy editing weaken a brand? When you get mistakes like this and this. News organizations build their credibility and public relations on accuracy. They do make errors, but they should be assiduous in correcting them promptly. The question is how many goofs over the millions of words they deliver yearly. There is a […]
Posted on December 5th, 2014 by admin
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It is past time for US debit and credit card issuers to convert to chip and pin technology. which is the way Europeans pay for purchases. Why did it take so long? US issuers thought their cards were secure enough from hackers. Tens of millions of stolen card information have proven them wrong. Since […]
Posted on December 4th, 2014 by admin
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No one knows yet whether North Korea launched a cyber attack on Sony Pictures and gutted its infrastructure. However, there are strong suspicions that the country had a hand in the act. It had declared Sony’s pending release of a comedy portraying the attempted assassination of North Korea’s leader was an act of war against […]
Posted on December 3rd, 2014 by admin
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Most tech entrepreneurs want to build “buzz” for their products and services. It sparks marketing and sales and investment. But, this woman has been different. She has kept her head down and worked on her product out of the limelight for years, and she prefers it that way. It helps that her product is revolutionary […]
Posted on December 2nd, 2014 by admin
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The Federal Aviation Commission has set a huge PR task for itself in its announcement that it would educate the public about the use of drones. Most drones are the size of model airplanes. The difference is that they can hover and move in ways a model airplane can’t. The FAA is likely to face […]
Posted on December 1st, 2014 by admin
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