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More Dinosaurs
A friend who DJs in clubs around Fairfield County Connecticut told me this story.
A DJ friend of his was working a club in Greenwich, CT. Unbeknownst to him, a record company exec was also at the club. At the end of the night, the exec went up to the manager and demanded payment for every [...]
Look Who’s Talking
Benet Wilson is talking about blogs in the airline industry. She’s pointed out that American Airlines has a blog - but hasn’t updated it since April.
Ironically the last entry is titled “Let’s keep talking.”
Yes, let’s talk.
Conflict of interest much?
From Talking Points Memo:
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the strategist, Mark Penn, met Monday with Colombia’s ambassador to the United States. Clinton advisers said Penn’s meetings were not connected to the campaign, but part of his job as chief executive of the lobbying and public relations firm Burson-Marsteller Worldwide.
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Penn has come under criticism [...]
Yet another reason for people to think PR people are scum
From MediaBistro’s PRNewser:
If your clients are involved with the Beijing games, they’ll probably need your counsel now more than ever. After China’s aggressive response to continued protests in Tibet, with surely more to come, the global brands financing the 2008 Summer Games find themselves in an increasingly difficult spot.
I’ll say.
Jesus people. Get it through [...]
Worse sales staff in the world
Can anyone tell me why Radio Shack still exists? Unless you need a wire stripper or soldering kit, there’s no reason in the world to wander unwittingly into their dimly lit, dusty stores staffed with the kind of dolts who couldn’t get jobs at Circuit City if they lied about the qualities of Monster Cable.
I’d [...]
