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It’s not like Aldo Svaldi is a new guy at The Denver Post …
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Coloradao Colorado State University edition:
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Reporting live as morons drive their cars into five feet of water. “Why are you doing that? Why are you doing that?! Ugh. God…d…..”
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When the correction is longer than the article, it may be time to revisit those copyeditor layoffs. (Hat tip: James Cormish)
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Santanu Choudhury of the Wall Street Journal reports that India’s Tata Motors – parent company of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, among others – is set to unveil the unfortunately named Tata Zica at an auto show next week as fears of the global Zika virus pandemic continue to grow. Choudhury reports that, “Tata picked the name […]
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From the Longmont Times-Call: The Longmont City Council appointed a homeless man to the city’s housing authority board, but city staff members haven’t heard from him since he submitted an application for the position and don’t know how to reach him.
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The NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers inexplicably showed this video making light of domestic abuse at their recent home game against the Chicago Bulls. I presume there are now a couple dozen positions open in the Cavs’ marketing department.
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Ford is recalling the 2015 Lincoln MKC because it placed the start-stop engine button too close to other buttons, and drivers are inadvertantly shutting off the car while driving. The good news for Ford? It only sold 13,500 of the cars so far, so the recall is manageable.
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Example 1A of why you should never automate your social media content.
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Less-than-optimal ad placement from the Halifax Chronicle-Herald: (Hat tip: Romenesko)
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Former Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee offers his thoughts to an over-aggressive public relations person who complained to Bradlee when a section editor shot down a pitch. The classic Bradlee closing zinger: “I would like to be sure that you understand that we trust our editors’ news judgment and that we distrust yours.” Is there any […]
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From the great city of Philadelphia this morning:
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(Hat tip: Patti Hazlett)
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The PR industry is on fire this week. First Malaysia Airlines offers a “bucket list” promotion, and now Think Jam launches a “Headless Day” campaign for the Sleepy Hollow: Season One DVD the same day ISIS releases a video of journalist Steven Sotloff being beheaded. Hat tip: @reb_howard
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Snake-bit airliner Air Malaysia creates the “Ultimate Bucket List” contest.
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“Let me figure out how we want to handle this,” (the PR agency owner) told a reporter Tuesday afternoon. “I will call you back with accurate, factual information.”
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So it turns out there may be a sports anchor worse than Drew Soicher – San Antonio’s Cory Smith.
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“I call Twitter ‘the microphone for morons’.” —Denver Broncos executive John Elway (@JohnElway), at the NFL’s career development symposium this weekend.
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The evolution of the front-page sticker ad – this one is actually printed on the paper.
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The Bakersfield Blaze, the Single A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, announced that “Tara the Hero Cat” who saved a Bakersfield toddler from a dog attack will throw out the first pitch at a game next week.
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Via Adweek; hat tip to Eric Anderson
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I know that newspapers are, ahem, hard up for advertising dollars, but the South Florida Sun Sentinel has taken it to a whole new level today with the ad on its front page. (via Romenesko)
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A day after CBS announces that Stephen Colbert will replace David Letterman as host of The Late Show, Denver Post editors run a story wondering who will replace David Letterman.
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The Atlanta Braves celebrated the opening of the 2014 MLB season by … accidentally setting an American flag on fire.
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The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune apparently has replaced all of its editors with 10-year-old boys:
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Oh, the irony.
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Which is tougher – A snow plow or a road-side reporter? Slide ahead to the 0:45 mark to find out.
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Wouldn’t you be more likely to watch the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams if this showed up every once in a while?
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The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore plays a little offense with a (hopefully) drunk college student. (Hat tip: Jeni Anderson)
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I wish NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell had resigned on the spot rather than make this one of the defining moments of her career:
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The Netherlands’ Sjinkie Knegt takes exception to a win by Russia’s Viktor Ahn in the European Championship’s 5000M Relay event. The two will square off again in a month at the Sochi Olympics.
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The definitive list of the best news bloopers of 2013 (hat tip to Brad Bawmann).
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From Justine Sacco, Director of Corporate Communications at the publicly traded IAC/InterActiveCorp. If you are job hunting, there likely will be a position open there on Monday.
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An oldie but a goodie.
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The last year has been a bloodbath for photojournalists as newspapers across the country continue their cost-cutting measures. But, really, who needs professional photographers when Renaissance men like Chuck Fieldman can snap a photo while also reporting a story? And can someone please convince the National Press Photographers Association to create an anti-Pulitzer award that recognizes photos […]
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9News cuts to the chase …
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Damn you, Miley Cyrus.
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Seriously, KTVU. The name “Ho Lee Fuk” didn’t set off an alarm bell? Even after it followed “Sum Ting Wong?”
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The greatest fear of all television anchors: the teleprompter dies mid-broadcast.
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When anchors and meteorologists (passively aggressively) fight … Hat tip: Julie Scott
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There aren’t a lot of standards when it comes to being a radio talk show host, but apparently not choking your producer is one.
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In his inaugural (and likely farewell) broadcast, KYFR anchor A.J. Clemente learns that the old adage “Treat every mic as if it is live” is a pretty good one: UPDATE: And, as expected, KYFR let A.J. go.
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Kmart, home of Martha Stewart and Blue Light Specials, shoots for edgy. And this is why it is important.
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Nike’s “Winning Takes Care of Everything” ad campaign for Tiger Woods has spawned some copycat ads that provide a little perspective:
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Ford is playing defense this week after this spec ad featuring a caricature of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the wheel of a Ford Figo with three women bound and gagged in the car’s cargo bay appeared in India. The tagline: “Leave your worries behind with Figo’s extra-large boot.” UPDATE: PR Daily has more of […]
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Hat tip: Elizabeth Robinson
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An HMV employee live Tweets a mass firing via the company’s Twitter account.
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From Denver’s own Channel 7: News Director Jeff Harris explained: “It was a regrettable and embarrassing error. We are mortified this appeared during our 5 p.m. news broadcast. The editor pulled the image of the book cover from the Internet without realizing it had been doctored. We sincerely regret the error and have corrected […]
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Courtesy of NBC News:
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Denver Post sportswriter John Henderson explains to Westword’s Michael Roberts what caused him to accidentally Tweet:
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Burger King is playing some defense after this photo was posted online, allegedly by a Mayfield, Ohio, employee.
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If your media-training presentation’s example of how not to answer a media question is getting a little dated, here is a new clip you can insert.
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The Denver Post takes a pretty damn rosy view of its circulation numbers for a paper about to lay off two-thirds of its copyediting staff. The Post’s own 14-paragraph article reports the changes in the paper’s website hits, its online e-version, and its Facebook and Twitter followers, bit conspicuously absent are any numbers about the […]
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Poynter posted this quote in an article headlined, “Newspaper association head doesn’t like talking to reporters:” “I don’t give quotes for fear of being misquoted.” – Ossie Sheddy, president of the board of the Alberta (Canada) Weekly Newspaper Association.
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9News’ Drew Soicher interviews new Broncos QB Peyton Manning.
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Hat tip: Eric Anderson
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Hat tip: Cynthia Barnes
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Maybe if Kathy Sabine’s forecasts were right more often, she’d get letters like this instead of blogs like this. Hat tip: @SkiPRGirl
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Fox31’s Heidi Hemmat exacts some revenge after learning that the station’s recent heating repairman sting was sabotaged. (Bonus points for this one because its features Jane Dvorak [via speakerphone] defending Applewood Heating & Plumbing’s role.)
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter offers some practical, on-air advice on what people can do to stop random acts of violence: Don’t act like idiots and assholes. Hat Tip: Eric Anderson (@Eric_A_Anderson)
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Today’s passive-aggressive weather report is sponsored by KTLA: Hat tip: Julie Scott (@jascott)
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9News meteorologist Ashton Altieri accidentally hits on the crew at the desk.
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One of the most interesting parts of publishing this blog is seeing the search-engine queries that bring people here. Here is a list of some of my (verbatim) favorites from this week: who does libby weaver hair steve silvers gambling ring adele arakawa net worth deborah sherman swinger katy sabin and drew soicher screwed what […]
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The Greenville News: (Hat tip: @PeterMacKellar)
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Calling ESPN “journalism” may be a bit of a stretch, but it wins a “Great Moment” award for taking the time to create a Wisconsin graphic that actually features Minnesota. (Hat tip: Darren Rovelle)
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A good rule of thumb for journalists: you probably aren’t going to win an Emmy asking sketchy characters, “Did you pee or poop on the bank?” And you probably aren’t going to get promoted out of Eureka, Calif., if you keep acting like a substitute teacher who can’t control her third-grade students. (Hat tip: Andrew […]
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(Hat tip: Andrew Hudson)
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It isn’t quite, “Say hello to my little friend,” but “You will be fired for not replacing the milk” could be the next great catchphrase. Or not. Either way, Beckerman PR’s Keith Zakheim needs to remember that smart bullies never put inane threats in writing. They whisper them while grasping the back of their enemy’s head […]
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U.S. Congresswoman Congressional candidate Kate Marshall (R-Nevada) is making headlines with her latest press release, but not in the way she intended. As Las Vegas Sun reporter Jon Ralston noted, “You don’t see this too often: A campaign puts out a statement by a candidate on an issue she has never talked about and then […]
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In the copy editor’s defense, “Loveland” is much easier to fit in a tight headline if you just drop the “e.” (Hat tip: Elizabeth Robinson at Volume PR)
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Just because you are wearing ear protection doesn’t mean your microphone is.
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