The biggest headline coming out of the annual ball drop party in Times Square is easily the debacle surrounding Mariah Carey’s performance … or lack thereof. Where you land on this story depends entirely on what version of the story you’ve read.
Apple isn’t accustomed to getting negative feedback about one of its products. Typically, the company drops a new product, and an appreciative public gobbles it up in massive numbers. But the recent release of the latest iteration of the MacBook Pro is not receiving such rave reviews.
Cyberbullying. There’s a new headline about it just about every day. It’s a constant problem online, and a challenge for parents who want their kids to be able to surf safely. But, it turns out, it’s an issue for adults too.
Public relations can be a harsh judge, jury, and, if your gaffe is bad enough, executioner. You can work a lifetime to build something, and then lose it in a moment. Just ask Pamela Taylor, the now “former” director of the Clay County Development Corporation.
Western media loves to report on the supposed horror stories of manufacturing and corporate environment in Asia. Whenever American workers complain, you can bet there will be someone pointing to an article that describes incredible work weeks in Japan or so-called suicide nets in China. Now, more often than not,
CEO and Founder of CheapOair – Sam S. Jain Sam S. Jain, CEO and founder of CheapOair and its various predecessors, has been working in the travel industry since the 1990s. He started working in a travel agency just a few years after arriving in New York from India when
Alyssa Schimel Stays With Jimmy Kimmel Live Through New Job at Kovert Creative Kovert Creative was established a year ago by Joseph Assad and Lewis Kay in a joint effort with WME-IMG. Alyssa Schimel, who has been working as the publicist for Jimmy Kimmel Live, recently hitched her star to
It wasn’t that long ago that cable brands like MTV and Comedy Central ruled the airwaves with a certain demographic. The channels were by-words in teen and young adult culture, both reflecting and defining trends and defining cool and funny. Things have changed. YouTube and streaming media have captured the
This advice is not new: When it comes to a PR crisis, own up to the mistake quickly. Don’t deflect blame, don’t try to sweep it under the rug; admit the problem, do what you can to fix it and let people know what you’re doing along those lines, and
It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that with the coming change of power in DC, there are likely to be some job shifts happening. With many of the PR and communications jobs currently filled by people who’ve gained a vast amount of experience in one of the
