Archive for July, 2007

 
The public relations business is booming and good people are in short supply. Check PRBlogNews for the latest hot jobs in the New York area and throughout the U.S.
5W PR, the nations fastest growing pr firm seeks sr level food and beverage specialist to handle top tier national accounts.  New York.  Resumes to ahandelsman@5wpr.com
Text 100 is looking for [...]

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Yo, Jason, chill. Jason McCabe Calacanis, crowned prince of the dot.com boom, survivor, arrogant visionary, fledgling poker player, yo-yo dieter, is so bummed by the social media thing he is turning off comments on his blog. Too much Facebook. Too many connections that lead to other connections that lead to nowhere. Too many supposed time [...]

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Speak Up …

Senator Mike Gravel is running for President. He has something to say. He is breaking through the clutter. What is he  saying? Listen closely.

Shakespeare? Ripples to infinity? Senator Gravel explains “the rock.”

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The big news this week was that Hillary Clinton displayed a hint of cleavage on the Senate floor. This elicited a major story in the Washington Post and reaction from news organizations, bloggers and candidates. Supposedly, the sight of cleavage sent Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter to gasping fits and required respirators to be brought [...]

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I poked Amanda Chapel this week. I was respectful, took proper precaution and I think it was good, if not brief, for both of us. Emboldened by my first successful poke on Facebook I began to poke others. With all this indiscriminate poking going on it’s no wonder that this online community is propagating at [...]

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Since I was not invited to Herb Allen’s annual media mogul shindig in Sun Valley last week (I am sure it was an oversight) I tried to surreptitiously join the boldface business gang through, you know, the media. Why not? Just Rupert Murdoch, Harvey Weinstein, Terry Semel, Sergey Brin, Barry Diller, Anderson Cooper, Jeff Bezos… [...]

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Terrible, just terrible. Well, I’m sure you’ve heard about it. PR Czar Howard Rubenstein got mugged this last weekend on the Huffington Post. The blows have now reverberated throughout the industry. I think I am uniquely qualified to offer a little perspective.
The day I interviewed at Howard Rubenstein Associates I couldn’t eat, had not slept [...]

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