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P.T. Barnum: “There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity”

Doctor Spin

Ahead of others in his time, he actually understood the importance of media coverage (he started New York’s first illustrated newspaper in 1853) and believed ‘there is no such thing as bad publicity,’ a popular phrase many times attributed to Barnum himself.” — Ashley Foster, APR 1 The End of a Publicity Era: How Ringling Bros. Tormala, Z.

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Behind the Headlines With Rich Oppel

Cision

I ended 45 years in journalism when I retired as editor of the Austin American-Statesman in 2008, so it didn’t feel like a “switch” so much as completing one phase of my life. I find that some young professionals don’t read newspapers or influential websites. My daily newspaper of choice is…The New York Times. Rapid Fire Round.

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PR: Less Elitist Than Ever

Maxim Behar

Instead, he would have been saving money to run an ad in the local newspaper or on local radio, or he would have been trying to befriend some local journalist and chug a couple of tequila shots with him in the bar to get him to write something about his business. It is impossible for the rise of ethics not to emerge triumphant eventually.

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

The housing crisis of 2008 spurred largely by risky loans and securitized mortgages, that both diversified the financial risk and cause us to collectively lose sight of where it was precisely, set off the most severe recession we’ve seen in a long time. Then the economy changed. Who do you see advertising on those pages?

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In Memoriam: Howard J. Rubenstein

PRSay

Two high-profile events in 2008 illustrated Rubenstein’s influence and media savvy. In an interview with PRSA publications in 2004, Rubenstein said that a career in law wasn’t for him — ditto for the newspaper business. Photo courtesy of rubenstein associates ].

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2016: When PR Turned to the Dark Side

Flatiron Communications

I mean did it even matter that nearly every newspaper in the country published full-throated condemnations of Mr. Trump? I haven’t seen much from PRSA on Team Trump’s disregard for the ethical guidelines that have buoyed the PR profession’s reputation all these years. Leaders Who Lie (August 2008).