It’s the oldest trick in the PR playbook: get your bad news out on a Friday and leave early for the weekend. Strangely, this practice still holds, even in today’s continuous news environment. Just look at the news today from SAC Capital and J.P. Morgan.
In a week full of high-profile brawling, the fight between Elon Musk of Tesla Motors and the New York Times has captured a lot of attention. It’s got it all – visionary CEO, upstart company, allegations of media bias, a trove of highly detailed data and a passionate audience. As the saga continues to rage, […]
A piece by New York Times media columnist David Carr has started a lively discussion on the practice of allowing quotes to be approved before they’re published.
I attended a panel Wednesday night at The Columbia Journalism School that asked whether the financial press failed the public by overlooking issues that led to the financial crisis. (The event was co-sponsored by Public Business Media and the Columbia Journalism Review.) The genesis of the event was an article by Dean Starkman, a former […]