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Who Were The PR Winners And Losers of 2017?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Ditto the national newspapers; both The Washington Post and The New York Times broke subscription records. United Airlines. As images of the bloodied man being dragged from his seat by airport police went viral, the airline made things worse with a series of legalistic and tone-deaf public responses.

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7 Lessons Every Marketer Can Learn From The CrossFit Instagram Crisis

MaccaPR

Amidst the hurricane of PR catastrophes this past year – from H & M’s racist “Biggest Monkey in the Jungle” debacle, Papa John’s CEO attacking the NFL and Uber’s parade of scandals to United Airlines’ nose-breaking, tooth-shattering attack on a passenger, the Oscar “Best Picture is.Oops!” Facebook page ) and.

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Future of PR and social media for International Air Transport Association crisis communications conference

Stuart Bruce

But why be afraid of big government when we freely provide our life story to social networks and give up our privacy to airlines in return for a bribe of a few more air miles. Our notions of privacy and confidentiality will be challenged. Edward Snowdon wants us to be afraid of big government prying into our lives.