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The AABA: An All-White Basketball League?
An all white basketball league could very well be as absurd as it sounds. The new league, called the All-American Basketball Alliance, begins its inaugural
01/20/2010
An all white basketball league could very well be as absurd as it sounds. The new league, called the All-American Basketball Alliance, begins its inaugural
Weber Shandwick’s Bitesize scores two premium small business clients in the UK market. Weber Shandwick started Bitesize to offer small and medium business the class of big time PR expertise without the extensive costs of full PR representation. Dominique Moseley exclusive scarves and Computerized Business Systems give Bitesize the nod for their needs.
As people in Haiti dig their way out of trouble, The Huffington Post serves as a springboard for more social media spin. Tooting the horn of social media and networking has become more important that the human beings who use it. When will the new or old journalists realize their real place in the equation? We shudder to think what their table manners are.
Senegal’s President steps on his countrymen’s toes and hearts in comparing a questionable statue to Jesus Christ. After commissioning a $27 million dollar monument from the North Korean craftsmen, the President further inflames citizens with his words and actions. Senegal is one of the poorest countries in the world in per capita income.
U2 lead singer Bono thinks downloading U2 music illegally is as bad as online child pornography. In an article for the New York Times Bono compares illegal downloads to the evils of child porn suggesting federal authorities track down U2 revenue as diligently as arresting child pornographers. What a guy! If his artistic passion were expressed so eloquently, it is doubtful anyone would download a song of his.
Waggener Edstrom is one of the most digitally savvy PR firms in the world. One might think they would be immune to over hyping reports or creating terms to sound technical, but apparently they are not. Why do firms do more lip service than real service these days? Is talk cheaper than action? Sounding technical does not mean one is technically inclined.
Jennifer Lopez’s PR people pulled out all the stops to hype here New Year’s Eve performance, but over what? Jennifer’s supposed “new fanny” is the talk of the town now, but is this just hapless hype? Video of the event reveals a J-Lo with virtually no derriere at all where once a shapely figure existed. The bad news for Lopez is that someone convinced her she needed such publicity.
The FAA has cleared Delta to operate Northwest Airlines as a single carrier with its namesake service, according to ABC News. Having acquired Northwest for
Mind control and social networking. The two seem to be vastly unrelated, but the time is nearing when we may be able to control more
A new feature from the LinkedIn iPhone app seemed a long time coming, but necessary nonetheless. Similar to the iPhone Bump application, bluetooth enabled mobile