Entertainment PR

Tina Turner

Tina Turner as Alive as Ever

You know, sometimes a joke is just not funny. Hoaxes via Twitter have become commonplace, of course, but reporting celebrities dead? The latest Twitter foo-pah concerning singing legend Tina Turner, now 72, seems somehow all the more onerous.

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Dominique Strauss-Khan Sex Scandal to Hit the Big Screen

Women, sex, politics and power – the real-life political sex scandal that derailed former-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan’s bid for the French presidency has all the makings of a box-office smash. So it comes as little surprise to hear that the sordid story is about to get the Hollywood treatment, with

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Zynga Can't Dance at Market

Zynga Can’t Dance at Market

There’s not much worse where PR goes than falling on your face at a debutante dance. Well, online gaming company Zynga’s IPO dance started off like the Oscars, but ended up with the new multi-billion dollar offering trading well below it’s $10 starting price.

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J. Paul Raines, evil CEO of GameStop

Just Enough Reasons to Hate GameStop

This holiday season, wouldn’t it be nice if every business that ever gave you the shaft got hammered with a lawsuit? Well, this was my immediate thought when I heard GameStop is being sued by employees. Tis the season to be jolly, after all, and the hope that greedy corporations

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Netflix

Netflix Expects a Million Fewer Subscribers in Coming Months

This is not some earth-shattering revelation, but Netflix has now publicly confirmed that it expects at least a million subscribers to jump ship over the coming months. The movie streaming/rental company revealed these projections in a letter to shareholders that was not quite an apology. “We know our decision to

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