Tornados are top of mind in Ontario these days after one ripped through Goderich this week and the threat of severe storms earlier tonight. This fact was evident for a few hours on Twitter. #tornadowatch, Southern Ontario and Weather Network, where I work, all trended in the Canadian top nine. Ontarians, including a couple talented [...]
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Will this apology make a difference?
Posted in authenticity/credibility, communications, Corporate, news, public relations, Trevor Campbell on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SIGG CEO, Steve Wasik, is sorry. SIGG, which is, or was, a leading maker of reusable water bottles recently admitted that prior to August 2008 and contrary to what consumers believed, its popular bottles contained the chemical Bisphenol-A. BPA can leach into water and apparently poses health risks. As most people know, SIGG was forced [...]
The Jon Stewart catharsis
Posted in journalist, media, news, public relations on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is comedian Jon Stewart of the Daily Show now the most important and influential journalist on the continent? His grilling of CNBC’s Jim Cramer revealed more about the financial disaster than any other real news outlet to date. He actually got Cramer to call ex-Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, a liar. If you watched [...]
Guide to getting a media hit
Posted in news, newspaper, Porter Novelli on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Despite all the gloomy details about our wonderful newspapers, few hits pack the punch of getting covered in a daily like the Globe and Mail. It’s a respected news source for a lot of people like me, my clients and many others. I wrote last month about how I get my news and the Globe, [...]
The slow unveiling of bad corporate news
Posted in communications, Corporate, news on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s not surprising that Apple has been slow to reveal the exact details of Steve Jobs’ health. These types of material announcements need to be carefully managed by the communications team which includes the oftentimes slow navigation through the C-suite, legal department and Board. But as Mathew Ingram accurately points out, the slow unveiling of [...]
