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I can’t remember when it started, but now I hear it several times a year. I’ll get a call from a potential client, or more regularly their legal counsel, worried about a “hit piece” they think is coming in the form of a news story. I try to explain to them that, in reality, there’s … Continued
It was November of 2020 when the United States of America was on edge and I was doing something I couldn’t have possibly envisioned before that night. I was sitting at my kitchen table when the then-President of the United States was addressing the nation from the White House Briefing Room and I was texting … Continued
Following-up has always been a part of business and life. But it has never been like this. We’re chasing, reminding, nudging or just plain being annoying more than ever just get basic things done. Think about it. How much of your day do you spend hounding people just to get back to you? Chances are … Continued
Three years ago this week, radio station owner Entercom enjoyed a stock price of $187.80. Five weeks later, in March 2021, the company, which owns 227 local stations and also podcast production companies, renamed itself Audacy. Today, in bankruptcy, its stock is trading for 15 cents per share. Just last week, the investment firm that … Continued
After more than 20 years of working with clients on litigation communications projects, I became a litigant. I learned that it’s no fun at all. The whole saga started 14 months ago, when I started a lease on a new car and on the day I took delivery, a piece of vital technology in the … Continued
The grilling and burning of university presidents at a Congressional hearing is the most talked about moment in public communications since, well, probably the last time higher education and politics intersected in the news. It has become quite the combination of lowest common denominators to get conversation going. Here we are the following week and … Continued