This Week on Catching Flack

I’ve decided that it’s dumb to just let 21st Century Media Relations wither while I write a blog over on BNET.com. On the other hand, my deal with them is that I’ll mostly blog over there instead of here. So what to do? How about a weekly digest of what I’m talking about over on [...]

Can You Put Limits on Social Media Coverage?

One of the most intriguing and disruptive elements of the social media revolution is that the creation of social media can happen anywhere, at anytime. For instance, I recently researched, wrote and published a Catching Flack post while riding in the back seat of a taxi headed to San Diego airport. You can blog from [...]

Deloitte Study Reveals Shifting Consumer Media Landscape

The global consulting firm Deloitte & Touche has released its second annual survey on the what it calls “the state of Media Democracy” — that is, how online and other digital communications tools are changing the way we “consume” information. Deloitte only released an overview of the findings to the public, preferring to keep the [...]

What to Watch in 2008

Our friends at PRWeek have jumped in with a spread on who and what to watch in the corporate PR and agency world in 2008. Here’s are highlights: The Dell/WPP partnership to form a dedicated communications company to serve Dell’s needs. PRWeek expresses concern that expectations are very high, especially the initial target of staffing [...]

Crisis Expert’s Secrets of Success

PR crisis maven Sam Singer dominates the market here in Northern California — I can’t remember the last time a crisis broke and he wasn’t quickly retained as the counselor/spokesperson. His clients include the San Francisco 49ers, BART and Chevron. His latest client: The San Francisco Zoo, site of the horrific tiger attack on Christmas [...]

Corporate Blogs That Build Buzz

Will this be the year that you start a corporate blog? Or are you already knee-deep in the blogosphere and looking for new ideas? Completing our review of PRWeek’s nice summation of the year just past in their 2007 Book of Lists, here are their “5 corporate blogs that build buzz:” 5 corporate blogs that [...]

The Rise and Fall of Media Giants

More from PRWeek’s wrap-up of the year just past in their 2007 Book of Lists. Today: media companies on the rise, and those that took a hit in 2007: Media on the rise in 2007: Dow Jones: DJ must be happy to be under News Corp’s welcoming umbrella, rather than being run by careless family [...]

Brands on the Rise — and on the Decline

This week, we’re highlighting PRWeek’s very good summation of the year past in their 2007 Book of Lists. Here are their brands on the rise and brands that “sunk” in 2007: Brands that “soared” according to PRWeek: Apple: Thanks to the hugely successful launch of the iPhone and introduction of the iPod Touch, Apple continued [...]

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