Coming off a nice vacation, Richard Edelman busts on Jason Calacanis and defends his chosen profession in one blogged swoop. I am heartily sick of the ad hominem attacks and cheap shots taken by those who would try to draw attention to themselves. For a guy who states that “your ability to hire people, get meetings, raise money, and form partnerships will be tied to your PR footprint,” it is just amazing to learn …
Stop Oil Speculation Now
Stop Oil Speculation Now is a PR campaign backed by the airlines. It's designed to create sympathy for their plight (and deflect blame) as they attempt to cope with sky hugh fuel costs. According to Ad Age, the campaign is working. Nearly 1 million messages were sent by airline customers to Congress in the first two days of the campaign. The goal of the campaign is to pressure Congress to regulate gas prices. …
The Right Spin
Karen Hughes can sell. In fact, she can even polish a turd, and that's not something many people in this business have the stomach for. According to The New York Times, Hughes is now with Burson-Marsteller and ready to pitch in. Here's a small slice of her email introduction to the Burson crew: I’ve always considered myself an advocate for the people I’ve advised, and I’m looking forward to advocating on behalf of …
InBev Dances Circles Around A-B
According to Ad Age, Belgium-based, Brazilian-run InBev not only has largely succeeded in controlling the media's narrative of its $46 billion takeover bid for Anheuser-Busch, it's also managed to emerge looking more sympathetic in the process. Public-relations experts, analysts and journalists covering the saga attribute InBev's public-relations coup to an open and aggressive approach that has involved a barrage of …
Craft Site Uses Rhythm Method
We get press releases everyday telling me about people I don't know moving into jobs you could care less about. Such is the nature of running a site like this. Here's a decided twist on things from Etsy: [via Scott Goodson] …
Dear AdPulp Readers Who Work In PR,
Just how typical are guys like Mark Penn in your industry? 'Cause the controversy du jour today is this story in the LA Times about Penn's role in the Clinton campaign: As the campaign faces a make-or-break moment, some high-level officials are trying to play down their role in the campaign. Penn said in an e-mail over the weekend that he had "no direct authority in the campaign," describing himself as merely "an …
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Publicists Run Wild In LAh
According to The New York Times, winning an Oscar isn't just about the quality of a film. It's about the studio's ability to successfully market the film. Even here in Hollywood, recent growth in the public relations machinery is cause for remark. Executives have publicists. Stars have publicists. The tiniest movies will arrive in April at the Tribeca Film Festival with publicity teams, often three or four of them. …
Gawker Has No Use for PR
Former PRWeek writer, Hamilton Nolan, now at Gawker, isn't big on PR. Here he is speaking directly to Richard Edelman, the man Ad Age named its 2007 PR Exec of the year: Like I said, you're a nice guy. But much of your work— Wal-Mart being the best example— is just objectionable on philosophical grounds, like a lot of things in the PR industry. If every multinational PR firm crumbled to pieces tomorrow, the world …
