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This week, I’m looking forward to catching up with contacts in person and comparing notes about business, which is one of the benefits of attending the Mackinac Policy Conference. I’ll be asked in conversation about trends and expect to talk about what’s happening as businesses try to withstand the front lines of the culture wars. … Continued
Just about everyone in the media business is about to spend their work weeks with at least half an eye on the happenings inside a Delaware courtroom as the gargantuan defamation lawsuit filed by Dominon Voting Systems against Fox News goes to trial. But those inside the PR business and those who are any part … Continued
“Get the widow on the set! We need dirty laundry.” Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry,” which offered biting criticism of broadcast news, along with some nice guitar solos, is now 41 years-old. The lyrics came to mind this week as 10 million of us in Michigan experienced an act of terrorism even though that isn’t how … Continued
The closest thing to a time machine may have been invented by, of all people, those who run a once-bankrupt media company. But will it be good for business? For now, I don’t really care because I’m really enjoying it as it’s getting started. 99X is back on the radio in Atlanta and, well, everywhere. … Continued
If you’ve consumed news at all in recent days, you don’t need a PR type to explain to you what a mess Southwest Airlines has experienced. But, as someone who went to “Crisis PR Boot Camp” by representing an airline nearly 25 years ago, here’s some insight as to why the company’s PR approach has … Continued
If you’re looking at layoffs in the media business as some kind of “win” for your political agenda, you’re reading the wrong piece. This is an objective view of a situation that isn’t good for anyone but requires a different level of perspective than ever before. If you work in the PR business and survived … Continued