Manhattan is the latest TV drama to suck me in. The series chronicles the lives of fictional scientists, their families, and the military in 1943, all living at the compound in Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer and his team developed the atomic bomb. It’s the second original scripted series from WGN America, giving more credence to the idea that television is…
Posted on August 22, 2014 8:20 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Visual Communication | Advertising | Brands | Business | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Media | Podcasting | PR | Publishing | Social Media | Twitter | Video
Flickr image courtesy of Michael CoghlanThe Friday Wrap (which is what you’re reading) is a curated rundown of news, reports and posts from the past week that, while they didn’t go viral or attract much attention, are still interesting and useful for communications professionals. I select Wrap items from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
Vine allows video import—Casual users and…
Posted on August 6, 2014 3:03 pm by Shel Holtz | Content | Advertising | Media
I was prepared to have all kinds of issues with John Oliver’s report on native advertising. Watching it, though, I had a problem with only one thing he said, and that one thing wasn’t that big of a deal.
From the time I was about 15, I wanted to be a newspaper reporter. I got a degree in Journalism and worked in the field…
Posted on July 25, 2014 6:31 am by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Advertising | Brands | Business | Customer Service | Facebook | Marketing | Media | PR | Research | Social Media | Social networks
Flickr photo courtesy of Loz PycockThe Friday Wrap (which is what you’re reading) is a curated rundown of news, reports and posts from the past week that, while they didn’t go viral or attract much attention, are still interesting and useful for communications professionals. I select Wrap items from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
W3C to develop social media…
Posted on July 18, 2014 8:36 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Blogging | Brands | Business | Channels | Customer Service | Marketing | Media | PR | Publishing | Research | Social Media | Technology
Bacon-wrapped hot dog Flickr image courtesy of Arnold GatilaoThe Friday Wrap (which is what you’re reading) is a curated rundown of news, reports and posts from the past week that, while they didn’t go viral or attract much attention, are still interesting and useful for communications professionals. I select Wrap items from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow.
French blogger fined…
Posted on July 2, 2014 2:12 pm by Shel Holtz | Advertising | Media | PR | Publishing
Last June at the IABC World Conference in New York, Richard Edelman told attendees at his opening keynote that the PR industry had only about a year to get control of native advertising before it fell irrevocably into the hands of advertisers who would undoubtedly screw it up.
That window is closing and the impact of advertising dominance in the…
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