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Meet the Media: Carl Anthony, Managing Editor of Automoblog & AutoVision News

Bianchi Biz Blog

I started in commercial radio in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2006 at the mighty KEZO, which meant I played a lot of fantastic rock records between the hourly weather and traffic reports! I did that for a fair number of years, covering the local music scene and any big national acts making a tour stop in town. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Anaheim Mayor Pitches American Idol?

Bad Pitch Blog

From: NAME on Behalf Of John James Nicoletti Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:50 PM Subject: ANAHEIM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL URGE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT Please contact me with further questions regarding this release. From there, we''ll remind everyone that a news release does not double as a pitch.

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Ethical Issues in Merging the Science and Art of Public Relations: Aaron Kwittken

Ethical Voices

I founded Kwittken in 2006, sold it in 2010 to MDC Partners, which is now Stagwell. Then a couple years ago with Stagwell and Mark Penn, I founded a company called Prophet, which is the first SaaS platform for PR people that uses AI to predict media interest, sentiment and spread before you pitch. Can you use predictive text?”

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The "From Russia with Love" Pitch

Bad Pitch Blog

Yet he still manages to read and react to bad pitches sent his way. From: EMAIL Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:22 AM To: PHIL Subject: Traditional Dating Sites Overshadowed.- Please let me know, NAME Media Contact Russian Love Match URL PHONE NUMBER - OK, why would a PR blogger be a good target for this pitch?

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Living and Working in PR in South Africa : Lessons and takeaways ten years later

Karen Freberg

I was pitching the media for our fashion and consumer clients. I went to local restaurants and toured the attractions. I tried out the local dishes and really explored foods I never had before. I pretty much try to experience every aspect of the local cuisine I can get my hands on.

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Cut & Paste PR Spam

Bad Pitch Blog

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:54:22 -0400 To: prblog@yahoo.com From: " AGENCY " AGENCY@AGENCYNAME.com > Subject: News: NAME Joins AGENCY NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: FLACK NAME FLACK PHONE FLACK EMAIL NAME Joins AGENCY BETHESDA, MD- August 15, 2006- NAME has joined Bethesda, MD-based AGENCY as an Account Executive and Copy Writer.

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Junk Mail, Junk News

Bad Pitch Blog

For years, many COMPANY locations have relied on their local Valpak franchise to create and deliver advertising campaigns to area consumers. In 2006, over 17 million COMPANY savings offers were mailed to consumers through the familiar blue Valpak envelope. ®, an online site for local savings, has over 20 million offer views each month.

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