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Where does TV content go? Monitor it to find out

September 26th, 2011 at 06:00 » Comments Off

By Dave Armon, President, Critical Mention The old days of media monitoring involved picking up the daily newspaper while you grabbed a cup of coffee in the morning ...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 »

Epitaph: VMS is Blockbuster, Critical Mention is Netflix

August 27th, 2011 at 09:56 » Comments (4)

Just as the web-and-mail video rental business model of Netflix spelled doom for Blockbuster’s bricks-and-mortar outlets, it was only a matter of time before Sean Morgan’s introduction of the real-time ...more »

When a tab isn’t a Tab

January 14th, 2010 at 00:34 » Comments (1)

Every industry has its own vocabulary. "ANFO" was lingo I learned in my first PR agency job, writing a monthly column called "Shot Rock" for Pit & Quarry magazine.  My account ...more »

Jeremiah Owyang: Public relations will be impacted by ’social CRM’ in 2010

December 22nd, 2009 at 17:54 » Comments Off

There's something special about a guy who isn't a rock star yet has three times the Twitter followers of Bob Dylan.  He's not a deep-pocketed electronics retailer, yet his social ...more »

Appreciating CEOs who appreciate PR

November 16th, 2009 at 10:35 » Comments Off

Don't let the mustard-colored sports coat fool you.  Tom Kunz is one hip CEO. As head of Cenury 21 Real Estate LLC, Kunz is in an industry that's being disintermediated by ...more »

Laptops on the flight deck: Can airline turn crisis into good PR?

October 27th, 2009 at 22:47 » Comments Off

Let's take the social media temperature of the airline industry. United breaks guitars. Bad situation, though I loved spokeswoman Robin Urbanski's quip:  "This strikes a chord with us."  She was classy ...more »

For Italian food, this Manhattan restaurant is the cat’s meow

October 13th, 2009 at 08:49 » Comments Off

Walking to work, I decided to look into the front door of a white tablecloth Italian restaurant called Nanni's to see if there was a menu on display. I hope what ...more »

Digital marketing isn’t stale, but it’s mainly pale and male

October 10th, 2009 at 15:55 » Comments (3)

I don't expect diversity in the New York supermarket business.  Rightly or wrongly, I have long associated chains like D'Agostino and Gristede's as places managed by brawny Italian-American men. In the ...more »

Genesee earns coverage by pouncing on Obama ‘beer summit’

July 30th, 2009 at 07:05 » Comments Off

Most corporate communicators would steer clear of a news event involving charged racial tensions and the police. But President Obama's use of a "beer summit" to calm the war of words ...more »
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