The San Diego Chargers are now the Los Angeles Chargers. Leaving San Diego after 50 years has produced a psychic wound among fans of the football team. Many will say, “Good riddance.” Some will follow the team north and continue rooting. The move is not unprecedented. The Oakland Raiders moved twice and returned to the […]
Posted on January 13th, 2017 by admin
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Nearly all big box retailers are cutting back, laying off retail workers and closing stores due to poor sales. Wal-Mart is different. It is cutting back on corporate staff but keeping store employees untouched. The company realizes its PR is at the store level and between floor employees and consumers. Stores with fewer retail staff […]
Posted on January 12th, 2017 by admin
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This is a discussion of why the White House press corp is no longer needed nor valuable to the media or citizens. The problem is that it is an anachronism, and it never worked well anyway in terms of covering the President objectively. President-elect Trump has successfully end-run the mainstream media with his twitter and […]
Posted on January 11th, 2017 by admin
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A tech company creates a new product. It takes the market by storm and the company scrambles to keep up with demand. Meanwhile, its other products mark time or wither and R&D struggles to develop the next big thing that equals the curve of the current product. When skyrocketing growth stops, the company finds itself […]
Posted on January 10th, 2017 by admin
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This week is the beginning of an extended run of political theater. The President makes his farewell address. The incoming President meets with the media, but most of all, the Senate takes up a pile of confirmation hearings for Trump’s cabinet. The predictable will happen. Republicans will praise the nominees and Democrats will throw stones, […]
Posted on January 9th, 2017 by admin
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The new governor of Puerto Rico says he will push hard to achieve statehood for the island. That is a tough PR challenge from several points of view. Puerto Rico is a financial disaster at the moment, and people have been leaving the island for the US. Previous governors of the island have wanted statehood […]
Posted on January 7th, 2017 by admin
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Watching a brand die is an ugly, disheartening experience, especially when that brand once dominated the marketplace. That is what is happening to Sears. People of a certain age remember when the retail chain dominated America’s malls. It was an anchor store. Tens of thousands moved through its aisles monthly. Then it was bought out […]
Posted on January 5th, 2017 by admin
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It is good that a medium can call Silicon Valley publicity what it is — hype. In a review of 2016, Wired reports that the “hype machine sputtered.” All the promises of forthcoming and groundbreaking technologies failed to produce a major breakthrough. That, however, didn’t stop the drum beating and flacking. The Valley has over-promoted […]
Posted on January 4th, 2017 by admin
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Many were glad 2016 ended. It was a difficult year with notable deaths and a shocking result of the presidential elections. 2017 isn’t offering much in the way of promise. For one, the presidential inauguration is days away, and we will have a new leader who must choose between acting the buffoon or behaving responsibly. […]
Posted on January 3rd, 2017 by admin
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