San Francisco – March 3, 2008 – On a recent stop on the social media campaign trail, new media PR/Marketing blogger Chris Lynn succumbed to the pressure of an industry full of Luddites and curmudgeons. In the following video, Lynn, editor of socialTNT, can be seen crying as he makes an emotional plea to the [...]
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“Zuckerberg Plays Jetman While Facebook Burns”
[UPDATED INFORMATION BELOW] On Tuesday, Facebook took the hardest bashing of its short history, with FORTUNE’s Josh Quittner echoing the rest of the blogosphere in a post ruefully titled “RIP Facebook?” This follows Monday’s news that Facebook confirmed a finding by security firm Computer Associates that Beacon still sends information back to Facebook even when [...]
“Apple’s Social Media Efforts Need to Ripen”
During the last several years, Apple has undeniably been the innovator in hardware design, software and personal consumer tech. They’ve also been on the cutting edge of entertainment by effectively bringing the music industry into the digital age. Last Friday and Saturday, Robert Scoble wrote two posts that remind me (and others) of Jeff Jarvis’ [...]
“Whole Foods: Fresh Fruit. Rotten PR?”
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Whole Foods’ board has prohibited top company executive from online forums. Check it out: The new code bars top executives and directors from posting messages about Whole Foods, its competitors or vendors on Internet forums that aren’t sponsored by the natural-foods chain. Apparently, this is a response to [...]
