The World Series of Poker began this week at the Rio Hotel and Casino here in Vegas. Since its explosion after the 2003 World Series, poker and events like this have become a celebrity affair on the scale of the major Hollywood award shows. Actors, athletes and most importantly, the “pros,†the professional poker players [...]
I have escaped the humidity of New England for the dry heat of fabulous Las Vegas this week. This place is a public relations dream. Millions of people are running around looking at attractions and stage shows that also happen to be hotels. I will have a round-up post this weekend discussing some of my [...]
But I’m not a liberal; I’m a blogging public relations guy in a journalism suit, so here it is: This cartoon was run by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and drawn by Pulitzer prize winner, Mike Luckovich. At first glance, the cartoon is vulgar and offensive and the buzz raised by its publication has been overwhelmingly negative. [...]
Representative Pete King, (R) NY, wants the editor and the publisher of the New York Times prosecuted. His reason? The New York Times, followed by the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and other papers ran articles disclosing a federal intelligence initiative to monitor international financial transactions. The program, designed to root out possible [...]
Connecticut’s under-the-radar fifth district is creating a buzz and will prove interesting this fall. Obscurely small towns like Goshen and Cornwall—towns you would be hard pressed to find on a wall-sized map of thumb-sized Connecticut—are gearing up to elect a new governor in 2006 along with a U.S. Senate Race overshadowing all. But, locally centered [...]
A blogger named Vincent Ferrari made an experiment out of trying to cancel an AOL account. Have a listen. The AOL employee was allegedly fired for this incident. This is a huge corporation making a public relations blunder and underscores the importance of PR officials working at the root levels of a company. They don’t [...]
CNNMoney’s Jonathan Schienberg is reporting that AT&T has made a change to their privacy policy. A phrase saying AT&T “does not access, read, upload or store data contained in or derived from private files without the members’ authorization” was removed. Also in the revision, AT&T claimed that it has the obligation to cooperate with government [...]
Put me in coach! I can play! Well no, actually, you can’t. EA Sports has released NFL Head Coach for the Xbox, Playstation 2 and PC CD-Rom. This is being hailed by the folks at Electronic Arts as the first complete football strategy experience and if you’re an avid or rabid NFL fan, this is [...]
Dan Rather has reached an agreement to leave CBS after 44 years with the network. During the vast majority of that time, Rather was seen as the face of the old and respected media outlet. Rather covered everything from the Kennedy Assassination and Vietnam to 21st century terrorism. He has interviewed everyone from Clinton to [...]
Many people thought that Nintendo was setting everyone up for a titanic practical joke when they unveiled “Wii” as the official and final name for the next generation Nintendo console. Then E3 came and not only did Nintendo not “punk” everyone, they unveiled their totally “Wii’d” marketing platform, making “Wii” the official, final and E3 [...]