Cattlemen are upset by a new wave of vegetable substitutes for meat, and well they should be.  The plant-based food is getting better all of the time and now is nearly indistinguishable from meat.  Ranchers are banding together to lobby state legislatures to require labeling laws.  They want meat from cattle clearly marked and vegetable-based […]

Posted on January 10th, 2019 by admin
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AT&T’s rivals are blistering the company for its claim that it has a 5G network.  AT&T apparently decided to rebrand its 4G system as 5G without installing the equipment needed for true 5G.  To say that is disingenuous is understatement.  The phone carrier ought to be ashamed.  From a PR perspective, it could be a […]

Posted on January 9th, 2019 by admin
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President Trump has committed a faux pas by demanding a wall be built across the southern border of the US and leaving no out for himself to preserve his credibility.  If he attempts to declare a national emergency, his move will be tested in the courts immediately, and there is little chance of him succeeding.  […]

Posted on January 7th, 2019 by admin
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Ajit Pai, FCC chairman, has thanked Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules.  He might be celebrating too soon.  The movement for net neutrality is far from finished and Congress has changed, at least in the House.  There are major players lobbying for net neutrality and they have vowed to continue.  Pai may have […]

Posted on January 4th, 2019 by admin
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Apple cut its earnings guidance for the first time in 15 years and Wall Street is reacting harshly, dumping its stock and driving down its price. As of last night, Apple has lost more than $300 billion in market value.  There is little love in financial markets.  It is all in how one performs quarter […]

Posted on January 3rd, 2019 by admin
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The New Year promises to be like any other in PR.  Some will demonstrate it brilliantly and others will fail spectacularly.  There seems to be a growing consciousness among corporations that what you do is more important than what you say — the essence of PR.  There will still be a body that associates the […]

Posted on January 2nd, 2019 by admin
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