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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
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
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
There’s a talking point from the big strikes in the news – from Hollywood to Detroit – and it’s sticking. Every type of business should pay attention. No matter how you feel about the strikes, whether you’re ready to join the picket lines or you just want it all to be over, chances are there’s … Continued
There’s a reality that is too often ignored, even scoffed at, by organizations of all sizes, in all lines of work. We are seeing it right now after a sexual misconduct investigation into Michigan State University’s $95 million head football coach Mel Tucker was revealed in a USA Today story posted just hours after Tucker … Continued
In the media business, who owns what is of primary importance, but it’s often not obvious unless you pay close attention. Local media outlets, for example, are almost all owned by conglomerates, but play up their local brands or, in the case of TV, their legacy network ties. The same goes for those legacy networks, … Continued