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Fake Steve Jobs On The iPad, Conflicts Of Interest, And Apple’s Draconian PR Tactics

It’s no secret that there weren’t many iPads given out ahead of time. Apple is, of course, notorious for their extreme secrecy and the hammer that inevitably comes down on leakers and embargo breakers. They have the press in the hollow of their hand, with the iPad more than ever. Time and Newsweek are competing [...]

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Sun, April 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

I Will Honor The Embargo

Our constant rants on the PR Industry do not go unnoticed. In return our tips box is filled with humorous anecdotes, articles and now, a video. Here are two we’ve received in the last week. Which we’re posting in honor of Yahoo breaking its own embargo, and the AP sending the launch of CODE advisors [...]

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Fri, February 26 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Yahoo Strikes A Twitter Deal, Tweets About It Early To Screw Those Who Agreed To Embargo

For the past two days, Yahoo has been trying to get me to agree to an embargo on some piece of news they had for tonight. As you probably know, we hate embargoes, so I wasn’t about to accept it. Good thing. Not only did the news leak out almost 5 hours early. But actually, [...]

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Tue, February 23 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments