Loath as I am to admit it, I’ve come around. A book did it. I’ve come around to Starbucks and the book that did it is Onward, How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul – in which CEO Howard Schultz describes his return to the top job and how he guided the [...]
I love coming across deliberate acts of media relations. Here’s my latest: In story called Trouble @ Twitter in a recent Fortune Magazine the author chronicled the management missteps and frequent fail whales. Moving to what’s next, there was this quote from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman: “Twitter could be 10 or even 100 times bigger. [...]
A reporter for Sports Illustrated was recently fired for cheering in the press box. This was the incident Jay Rosen used to open his talk at South By Southwest Interactive entitled Bloggers vs. Journalists. It was his way of illustrating that there’s an ethics code among journalists – one that calls for distance and a [...]
This past week I’ve been considering (again) how media is changing and whether or not it’s working for us. One of my clients has just opening an exhibit – More Than just Games; Canada and the 1936 Olympics. (www.vhec.org) It is a fascinating look at Canada’s part in the Olympics held in Nazi Germany during [...]