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DEAR ROY BOSTOCK: Carol Bartz Called You A Doofus And Said You Have No Balls... Is Yahoo Still Going To Pay Her $10 Million?

From www.businessinsider.com - September 8, 2011 6:19 PM
"Colorful and blunt" just boiled over into an unprofessional tirade.

 

...Carol Bartz went nuts on the Yahoo board in an exclusive Fortune interview, saying they "f**ked [her] over" and were "doofuses."

 

She suggested they were right to be called the "worst board in America."

 

And she said Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock, the man who has presided over the destruction of the company over the past 11 years--and the man who hired her--didn't even have the "balls" to can her without reading from a script....

 

Journalists dancing, CEOs wincing and PR having conniptions.

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The Flack: The A Team's PR Missteps

The Flack: The A Team's PR Missteps | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From theflack.blogspot.com - September 5, 2011 5:00 PM

Isn’t it ironic? After years of railing against PR people, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington certainly could have used a good PR person when announcing CrunchFund, his first formal and well-financed foray into funding tech startups....

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PR Fail Lessons: 96 Public Relations Not-tos

From www.theprcoach.com - September 1, 2011 10:54 PM
What happens when you bring together 96 PR failures all in one spot? After the collective gasp? Hopefully, a whole lot of learning for PR pros.

 

Here's a plethora of PR Fails from the past five or six months for your reading enjoyment. The goal is to shine a light on poor PR practices and to reflect on more professional, more strategic and smarter ways to do public relations....

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Battered Women, A Tasteless Ad, And A Clueless Apology

Battered Women, A Tasteless Ad, And A Clueless Apology | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.mrmediatraining.com - September 6, 2011 6:18 PM
Ad campaigns for Canadian hair salons don’t usually make international headlines - at least until Edmonton’s Fluid Salon released a tasteless campaign featuring a battered woman.

 

Brad Phillips looks at bad hair, bad PR and clueless media relations and comes up with great media training lessons…

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Groupon PR to peHUB: Call Us Before You Write Another 'Nastigram'

Groupon PR to peHUB: Call Us Before You Write Another 'Nastigram' | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.pehub.com - September 2, 2011 10:05 PM

Private Equity Hub (peHub) reporter teaches a PR lesson about "off the record" to a consultant who should know better.

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Hershey's Not-So-Sweet PR Confection - AlexanderG Public Relations

Hershey's Not-So-Sweet PR Confection - AlexanderG Public Relations | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.alexgpr.com - August 24, 2011 4:01 PM
His work in the news media included positions as an editor, journalist, radio talk show host and vice president of Kansas City Public Television. He founded AlexanderG Public Relations, LLC in January 2010.
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