Recently, Circuit City made news because of an employee's reaction to a spoof published in Mad Magazine.
You can check out the faux ad here.
I read Mad Magazine as a kid, years ago -- the exact number of years ago is not ...READ»
Journalism is at a crossroads, with two distinct groups voicing their opinions.
On one side, many journalists don’t buy the trend toward social media and have their heads firmly entrenched in the sand. They believe in their ...READ»
According to today's New York Times, "Say So Long to an Old Companion: Cassette Tapes," the cassette tape is dead. Though long anticipated, the end came quickly.
The cassette is survived by the CD (which is not doing ...READ»
Organizations aren't just writing about Twitter -- they're using it as a publishing resource for readers and journalists.
Check out this article, published in 2007, Experimenting with Twitter: How Newsrooms Are Using It to ...READ»
I think Jason Calcanis' now-famous proclamation that blogging is dead is wrong for one specific reason: he thinks the replacement for blogging is an email distribution list.
Here are reasons I think email is dead:
Email is slow ...READ»
Jason Calcanis has famously (at least in the blogosphere) proclaimed that blogging is dead. He's using email instead to commuinicate to a community of friends, associates and others. He think email is a better tool to reach and ...READ»
Where to begin? Since our newly blended journalism/community platform was released on February 11, we’ve received more attention for FastCompany.com [0] in the few weeks than we did over the past five years. The one-two punch of a ...READ»
A couple of weeks ago Jason Calacanis announced he was retiring from blogging. This, from a guy who many consider the catalyst to professional blogging. In his follow up email (re-posted here by TechCrunch), Jason details his ...READ»
A couple of weeks ago Jason Calacanis announced he was retiring from blogging. This, from a guy who many consider the catalyst to professional blogging. In his follow up email (re-posted here by TechCrunch), Jason details his ...READ»
Blogger Jason Calacanis has retired from blogger, saying blogging is
dead. He's now shifting to email. Read about why in TechCrunch's Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post.
Here are Calacanis' main reasons for saying blogging is ...READ»
I read a tweet from a journalist/blogger yesterday who advised a budding public relations rookie not to pitch. In his words, "Pitch=Spam". Interesting take, right? So, how does this guy get his news anyway? I was quick to ...READ»
Long since anointed by the media (over the past year) as the NBT (next
big thing), Twitter has a bunch of local customs that people new to it
need to learn.
I've started compiling some etiquette and best practices for using ...READ»
PitchEngine member Kevin Dugan, shared this article from the New York Times in his friendfeed room, The Bad Pitch Blog and it got me thinking - It's time public relations got back basics, with this new fangled social media.
The ...READ»
On the heels of the heavy-handed announcement
by the Associated Press to strictly enforce copyright guidelines on
bloggers, Jim Kennedy, vice president and strategy director of The
A.P., decided he and his group would ...READ»
Wall St. Journal's Kelly Spors interviewed Stefan Tornquist of MarketingSherpa in a timely article, "Don't
Back Down: Thinking of cutting your marketing efforts? One expert
argues that a faltering economy is a great excuse to ...READ»
Since I started blogging about social media and PR, I've managed to
spark a lot of discussion around some seemingly overlooked
opportunities for newspapers, journalists, brands and agencies to
embrace and integrate social media. ...READ»
By now, you should know I'm a big proponent of social media for both PR and journalists alike. On the PR side, this new revolution
is about more than just increased efficiency and open dialog, it's also
a change in lifestyle for PR ...READ»
By now, you should know I'm a big proponent of social media for both PR and journalists alike. On the PR side, this new revolution is about more than just increased efficiency and open dialog, it's also a change in lifestyle for PR ...READ»
So I'm sifting through my RSS feeds on Google Reader, organizing each element just right, and filtering out the junk I don't want to read about when it hits me... I'm producing my own news!
Believe it or not, social media has ...READ»
With 140 word Tweets, IM applications and new social media release templates calling for narrow, bulleted points it's no wonder the journalism and PR communities are so vocal about social media these days. If I were a veteran newsie, ...READ»
At PitchEngine we're constantly trying to improve and implement social media tools into our PR efforts. One of the topics we're discussing is the new press release format - we'll call it "social media release" as that's been ...READ»
I blog consistently about our desire as media and PR pros to change and adapt to social media. An inspiring example is that of David Cohn and his new venture Spot.us- community funded reporting.
Here's a synopsis from Cohn on the ...READ»
If there was ever a sign that PR and media are seeking change I think PitchEngine is a good barometer. In just 30 days our network is approaching 100 members and has been referenced around the web as an up-and-coming resource in the ...READ»
I blog consistently about our desire as media and PR pros to change and adapt to social media. An inspiring example is that of David Cohn and his new venture Spot.us- community funded reporting.
Here's a synopsis from Cohn on the ...READ»
