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Latest NY Tech Story Roundup: NY Chips away at Boston and The Valley

I saw a couple of interesting articles about NY tech this week.  Hannan, our summer intern from France, pointed out this Huffingtom Post story: NY Startups Help Fuel High-tech Renaissance.  It quotes NY Tech Meetup’s Andrew Rasiej: “There is a … Continue reading

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How the Political News “Sausage” is Made: “Take this Quote and Cut it!”

Imagine that you work for a tech company, and just completed an interview for an important publication. You thought you nailed the briefing, but just to be sure, you decide to ask the reporter to see the article, or at … Continue reading

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July NY Tech Meetup Wrap – 9 Great Demos, and Networking Too

Fusion PR CEO Jordan Chanofsky and I attended the July NY Tech Meetup, which featured a great mix of demos, as always (there were no guest speakers this time around, so they managed to get even more demos in). They ranged … Continue reading

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Forget Big Data. Now, There’s “Big Soda” – and It’s not Happy

Most who follow the tech field know that everything big data is hot these days. From banking, to construction, to retail, big data is being used in more and more industries. As it becomes cheaper and easier to use, it … Continue reading

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Lowbrow Branding Effort

There are so many important stories that I can be blogging about. The Supreme Court Decision on Obama's healthcare plan, for example, and how certain cable networks got the news wrong at first. There is also the Ann Curry affair … Continue reading

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A Good App is Hard to Find: PR Now Critical in App Discovery and Success

App Design, useability, and speed are all very important aspects of a good quality app but what makes one stand out from its competitors? It is a common lament these days: so many great apps to chose from, yet how … Continue reading

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7 Content and Social Media Marketing Myths, Refuted

Using social media to achieve your content marketing goals adds challenges as well as opportunities. There are always new things to try, however, it is also easy to waste time and resources by going down blind alleys. Conducting research and … Continue reading

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NY Times Pans Syria Assad Media Campaign, and the PR Profession

Long time readers of Flack’s Revenge know that I am a defender of the field and a little prickly when it comes to its image and treatment.  You may remember a post I wrote a few years ago: PR 2009: … Continue reading

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Panic at the Opera Part 2

I guess I am a little out of touch with finer culture and admittedly have little experience with opera. (OK almost none, really; my girlfriend Sine took me to a production of Kafka’s The Penal Colony in Brooklyn recently, it … Continue reading

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Extreme Media Relations: PR Drama at the Opera House

It has been awhile since I wrote about extreme media relations.  An article in the NY Times today gave me fodder for a new post. When you think of hardball, take-no-prisoners PR, you might think of a number of areas … Continue reading

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