In your ethical Monday media column: a movie review in need of some full disclosure, a trade magazine goes wacko, CBS is too good for Anderson Cooper, and Playboy looks grim(mer). More »
To help Americans learn to love the bank that just destroyed the nation of Greece, Goldman Sachs head Lloyd Blankfein is bringing in a media relations firm run by former Bush aide Dan Bartlett.
The…
In your thawing Thursday media column: the PR industry blows a chance to look good, a Nick Kristof documentary, a wedding fight, and NBC declares war on the Lo Lifes.
Style Weekly reporter Chris…
Max Abelson has an exceedingly timely profile of Lucas van Praag (pictured), Goldman Sachs’ PR chief—variously described as “debonair,” “very Masterpiece Theater,” “amazingly brilliant,” and…
Trash company Waste Management’s executive was featured on CBS’s advertainment pseudoshow Undercover Boss. Today: the company announces fourth quarter profit rose 45%. Plus: companies were “given…
The CEO of federally-subsidized electric car company Tesla flew his private jet to Washington at least 12 times in about as many months. Oh, Elon Musk: You can’t pull this crap when you’re selling…
So we assume you saw Undercover Boss last night, CBS’ big new reality show that got the plum post-Super Bowl spot? Amazing, was it not? Televised entertainment has now completed its long, winding…
Would two posts in one day about the comically atrocious PR work of 5WPR be too many? Yes. Too bad. We are obligated—if only as a cautionary tale—to bring you these examples of 5W’s…
Slight late pass, but here’s an educational lesson for all you aspiring flacks: How do you connect your craptastic client to a huge star? Just lie about it! That’s the 5WPR way.
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In your soaking Monday media column: a religion writer does god’s work against crappy press releases, a public Chicago media sobriety fight, McClatchy just misses being car bombed, and the first…