Presspage
JULY 25, 2018
Although random reporters might admire your creative writing workshop brilliance, they’re going to turn to Wikipedia for a straightforward rundown of your business if you don’t provide it. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning former colleague once put it to me, Do organizations think we’ll just print a press release verbatim?
Sword and the Script
AUGUST 13, 2019
Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that.
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Doctor Spin
JANUARY 8, 2022
Their social engineering was geared towards connecting people rather than turning them into online buying machines. On the Internet today, everything is marketing and paid — except perhaps for Wikipedia and a few remaining journalists not hiding behind paywalls. Cover photo by Jerry Silfwer ( Prints / Instagram ).
Doctor Spin
JANUARY 8, 2022
Their social engineering was geared towards connecting people rather than turning them into online buying machines. On the Internet today, everything is marketing, and everything is paid—except perhaps for Wikipedia and a few remaining journalists not hiding behind paywalls. Cover photo by Jerry Silfwer ( Prints / Instagram ).
Where the Fishermen Ain't
OCTOBER 26, 2015
It least it wasn’t in the print edition!”. Late-2000s-to-Early-2010s: Chief-of-Staff calls, freaking out about the Wikipedia article about the company’s CEO. PR person (who keeps up with such things) encourages discussion with Wikipedia volunteers. And, so, Talk-page discussions with Wikipedia volunteer editors and admins ensue.
Where the Fishermen Ain't
AUGUST 27, 2015
It least it wasn’t in the print edition!”. Late-2000s-to-Early-2010s: Chief-of-Staff calls, freaking out about the Wikipedia article about the company’s CEO. PR person (who keeps up with such things) encourages discussion with Wikipedia volunteers. And, so, Talk-page discussions with Wikipedia volunteer editors and admins ensue.
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