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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

The founding HARO was founded by Peter Shankman in 2008 as a Facebook group for journalists in need of sources. It was increasingly filled with queries from corporate bloggers with commercial interests rather than journalists with stories to complete on a deadline. I did my best to defend the company’s reputation.

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Three lessons brands can learn from the Hockey Canada Scandal

NewsWhip

Guest blog by Lloyd Rang, a Canadian communications and crisis management expert. Good crisis communications teams stay prepared for these kinds of events. But Canadian brands’ swift and decisive reaction to the crisis made sure they, at least, wouldn’t go down with it. . Hockey isn’t just important to Canada — hockey IS Canada.

Brand 148
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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

Cision

In times of crisis, are you able to think on your feet? For the largest banks, the reputational damage from the financial crisis could take a generation to repair. Other parts of the industry were less impacted by the crisis, but always play a sensitive role at the hub of economic activity.

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Stockholders in the Corporate Family – or contemporary activists?

PR Conversations

At the time of authoring this chapter, he was Public Relations Director at General Foods Corporation before taking up the same role for in 1952 for Eisenhower (and subsequently serving in his presidential administration). ” Sadler in 2008 concluded: the corporation is not always responsive to social activist shareholder resolutions.

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Engaging (and grilling) the social side of James Grunig

PR Conversations

NOTE: Originally published on October 15, 2008. Is recent social media engagement related to new research and/or a growing personal interest, or is it mainly a tool for reputation management regarding possible (mis)interpretation(s) of your theoretical body of work? But what is the primary reason for your change of heart?

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Kpop Lessons: Handling Defamation Through Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

Although both TaJinYo and SangJinSe are now closed, their rumors most certainly affected Tablo’s reputation and his emotional well-being, along with those of his family. Companies must protect their reputation in light of rumors, especially those that are defamatory. Your lawsuit v. The rumors have already disseminated.

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PR: Less Elitist Than Ever

Maxim Behar

A tiny portion of PR is designed to serve corporations’ CEOs and senior management. Solving a PR crisis, managing reputation, or building and developing a corporate image, for example, when a merger between companies, especially in the financial sector, is another story.

Ethics 64