Posts with tag: press
Security geeks: should I be worried about software HP has reporters install?
I’ve been meaning to pose this question for a while, here’s the setup: HP, like most companies, pre-briefs members of the press on upcoming announcements. Naturally this is all under embargo / NDA / pinky-swear — so even discussing this stuff unlikely to win me any brownie points, but oh well — and the last [...]
The era of “all press is good press” is so very over
I’ve had innumerable conversations with friends and colleagues over the years who’ve somehow felt burned by name-your-publication; nowadays even non-celebrities can (and often do) live with a cloud over their head on the internet — and I think if there’s any one truism about the intersection of publicity and online media, it’s that the era [...]
PR people: you’re not blocked, but do your homework
Chris Anderson rants about the woeful life of being the editor of a large publication who receives an endless torrent of spammy-smelling PR email from “lazy flacks” — all stuff about which I’ve zero knowledge. (Actually, I’m sure that’s probably where the comparisons end between our jobs — but who knows.) He then leapfrogs the [...]
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