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Typos that can kill

January 20th, 2012 at 08:48 » Comments (2)

The backdrop for this post is snowy Cleveland, where I spent eight of my 20 years working in the commercial newswire business.  A short return visit this week to the ...more »

My Kodak moments: Why I shoot Fuji film

January 4th, 2012 at 22:59 » Comments Off

I grew up in one of the seemingly small number of Rochester families without a relative employed by Kodak. But that doesn’t mean the once-mighty photographic empire didn’t touch ...more »

Like Abe Vigoda, press releases were pronounced dead prematurely

September 6th, 2011 at 10:26 » Comments (2)

[caption id="attachment_1082" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credit: Sony Pictures"][/caption] Actor Abe Vigoda knows what it’s like to be dead even while still very much alive and kicking. Known best for his roles as ...more »

Innovation in the global press release marketplace: noodls

June 1st, 2011 at 06:33 » Comments Off

Disruptive digital media businesses has long been a passion for me.   Below is the release noodls wrote when I joined the board. GENOA, ITALY ‐ January 27, 2011 ‐ noodls.com, ...more »

I’m the ‘official suit’ at PitchEngine

October 12th, 2010 at 16:26 » Comments Off

It's never easy for a corporation to introduce products that, if successful, could jeopardize the core business.   Kodak’s Steve Sasson was heralded as the inventor of the digital camera, way back in 1975 ...more »

Stretching investor relations, PR budgets at Dollar Tree

July 10th, 2010 at 09:47 » Comments (1)

Even with sea gulls circling, waves crashing and the smell of suntan lotion providing delicious distractions, it still takes a few days for vacationing PR and IR executives to force ...more »

Conference overload in fragmented PR market

November 7th, 2009 at 17:35 » Comments Off

My former boss had a funny line to describe how often the owner of a mid-sized New York investor relations agency showed up at free media breakfasts:  "He'd show up ...more »

Consolidation accelerates among PR, marketing services firms

August 5th, 2009 at 12:31 » Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_395" align="aligncenter" width="215" caption="Mirage? M&A drought appears to be ending in PR, marketing space."][/caption] After a long drought, M&A is picking up among the service providers relied on by ...more »

When fake news isn’t funny

July 29th, 2009 at 11:09 » Comments Off

The shooting death of a Kuwaiti businessman this past weekend is a sobering reminder of how wrong things can go when misinformation is used to pump up stock prices. Whether Hazem ...more »