This is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. China is actively building its military presence on islands in the South China sea. It is trying for a coup de main — expanding its forces enough that it won’t be opposed when it takes over the sea. So why is China accusing the […]
Posted on July 31st, 2015 by admin
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How do you do PR for a company in a death spiral? This is the situation facing Yelp, the user-driven review site. Its stock has crashed and its chairman has stepped down. There is little that looks good for the future of the company. Still, it is an entity that is in business, and it […]
Posted on July 30th, 2015 by admin
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The US Olympic Committee (USOC) had hoped to steamroll Boston’s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Bostonians had other ideas and USOC heard the public at last. Boston has now been dropped as the official bid for the games. Call this public relations in reverse. The public made known its opposition to the games and […]
Posted on July 29th, 2015 by admin
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Google is finally giving up on force-feeding Google+ to users of its search and YouTube services. It is facing the fact that it has not nearly enough members and probably never will. For a company that has been wildly successful with its search engine and algorithms, it might be embarrassing to admit it doesn’t know […]
Posted on July 28th, 2015 by admin
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It is painful when an institution supposedly built on love and religion erupts into a public fight over worldly matters. One would hope there are still places left on earth where spiritual practices are foremost, and perhaps, there are, but in this case, there aren’t. It is hard to say or know who might be […]
Posted on July 21st, 2015 by admin
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Opening an embassy is an act of mutual trust between two nations. That is why this act has significance and is a PR step for both the US and Cuba. Rather than choosing the decades-long standoff, they are now warily relating again. Progress will be slow. The Castro brothers will continue to be communists and […]
Posted on July 20th, 2015 by admin
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Puerto Rico is Greece — a bankrupt nation unable to pay its bills. Unlike Greece, Puerto Rico potentially can rely on the US government to help restructure debt and get out of a hole dug deeply into the earth. Like Greece, however, and Argentina, Puerto Rico has damaged its reputation as a fiscally conservative country. […]
Posted on July 17th, 2015 by admin
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Is it good PR to disappoint your customers? Amazon.com is about to find out. It is conducting its first off-season sale for its Prime customers, and some are unhappy with what is being offered at discount. Does it make sense to have done it, or should Amazon like Wal-Mart strive for low prices every day? […]
Posted on July 16th, 2015 by admin
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According to a recent study, most local news sites make less than $50,000 a year in display advertising sales, and they are dependent on ill-paid staff or volunteers to generate and publish content. What this means is that publishers are leaning on the personal ethics of the reporters and volunteers to produce accurate and objective […]
Posted on July 14th, 2015 by admin
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Donald Trump can’t keep his mouth shut, and every time he opens it, he looks a greater fool. Consider this. Not only does he inflate a specific case into a general statement, he is now demanding that those who mocked him apologize for their statements. His position that all Mexican immigrants are law-breakers and a blight on […]
Posted on July 13th, 2015 by admin
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