January 2006 - Posts

• If at first you don't succeed... McDonalds launches its CSR blog

  So... In a recent post , Kevin Dugan points out that McDonalds has set up a new (and this time real) blog focused on talking about its corporate social responsibility activities. Like Dugan, I applaud this effort and look forward to seeing how this site Read More... Posted 26 January 2006 15:44 by Brendan Hodgson | 0 Comments

• Media-manufactured Trends... "Blogging about Business Travel"

  So... I read an article yesterday that reminded me of an old 'Bloom County' cartoon - you remember Bloom County, no? Opus the Penguin, Bill the Cat (Ack!), Tales too ticklish to tell? Pear Pimples for Hairy Fishnuts ? (fourth from the top) Anyway, Opus Read More... Posted 20 January 2006 06:49 by Brendan Hodgson | 6 Comments Filed under: Media

• Fighting Fire with Fire... Turning the tables on Media

  So... has the posting of media interview transcripts by interviewees -- even before the article is published -- become the latest trend in communications? Dan Gillmor at the Center for Citizen Media appears to believe this is the case. The evidence seems Read More... Posted 18 January 2006 08:21 by Brendan Hodgson | 5 Comments Filed under: Media

• Salvaging your reputation the Ken Lay way... but is it the right way?

  So.... a la Martha Stewart, Kenneth Lay, ex-CEO of Enron, has created a website by which to.... well, do what exactly? From a communications perspective, I can't imagine how this site will help his cause. And while some marketing experts being quoted Read More... Posted 16 January 2006 15:28 by Brendan Hodgson | 0 Comments

• "The first faults are theirs that commit them...

  ...the second theirs that permit them." Ancient English Proverb I, for one, shall sleep easier in 2006 knowing that our media brethren are fallible also ... a very bad year, indeed. http://www.regrettheerror.com/2005/12/crunks_05_the_y.html Read More... Posted 03 January 2006 15:24 by Brendan Hodgson | 0 Comments Filed under: Media

• Biting the hand that feeds

  So it appears - according to the New York Times - that News Corp has incurred the wrath of MySpace -ers by allegedly blocking access to a competitors video sharing site . What with Sony getting caught earlier in the year for quietly installing copy protection Read More... Posted 03 January 2006 13:53 by Brendan Hodgson | 0 Comments Filed under: Media