The Today Show has had some major blows lately because of its huge drop in viewership, but nothing could have prepared them for the hit they took this morning. Just hours ago, Twitter, with its over 250 million active users, decided to announce its entry into the music business on ABC’s Good Morning America rather than the former morning news kingpin. My sources told me that you could hear a pin drop on the set of the Today Show as rival GMA got all cozy with one of the most sensational social media platforms.
Normally, I would be thrilled to announce that a crowdfunding campaign on Facebook raised $200,000 for a good cause in one day. While the amount is staggering, the reason for the cause never should have happened. Celeste Corcoran and her daughter Sydney had shrapnel rip through their legs when the bomb went off at the Boston Marathon. They were standing at the finish line at the four-hour mark.
iSteve, Funny or Die’s biopic of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was just released online. The nearly 80-minute comedy is a parody of the biopic film genre. The script was written in three days and shot in five.
Don’t be impressed. I am trying to find something I like about it. I have included the trailer below and the link to the 80-minute movie is embedded on top of it.
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I spent the day chasing public safety writers and TV producers in order to get them interested in a story no one has done before. So far no takers. I have been down this road before. Pioneering a new concept or product is not easy. You have to work the press day and night until you get your first hit. Then others follow.
By now, many people have portable music players. They are better known as MP3 players. Music lovers use MP3s while they exercise, take long trips on airplanes and trains, drive in a car, are in
between appointments, and just relax. They are a wonderful invention.
What you don’t know is that most audiophiles (true sound aficionados) don’t consider the sound quality of MP3 players to be very good. In fact, many believe that the music has been distorted so much that no one is really hearing studio sound. Enter Astell&Kern AK 100. This is the first high definition portable music player.
My agency, HWH PR, is involved in the introduction of this unit. We demoed it to the music world at the New York Audio Show this past weekend. I was thrilled when many audio journalists (Absolute Sound, Stereophile) said the AK100 was the most exciting product at the show. One of the reasons for that is because the AK100 is pioneering a new achievement in portable sound. Many of us have big speaker systems at home that help us achieve the best sound possible. Now, we can take that quality on the road with us.
Oh, you want to know price? A mere $700.00.
Watch the video for a super great demo from B&H Photo.
The terror attack at the Boston Marathon reminds us all of how vulnerable we are no matter where we live. The minute I heard the news, I emailed my girl friend Barbara O’Connell who lives in Boston with her husband Frank, a client of mine several times over, to see if they were safe.
She immediately emailed back, “It’s like 911 all over again.” Thoughts of the day flashed in my brain instantly. We all felt so confused, isolated, and on-the-outside looking in. Most of us turned on our TVs to learn more about what was going on. Continue reading →
If you work in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, you’ve probably seen Anthony Weiner (the former New York congressman who disgraced himself in a Twitter scandal a few years ago) having lunch on the terrace of the popular hot spot Almond Restaurant on East 22nd Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South.
I have been wondering since the beginning of last summer why he hangs out there so much since there are a hundred or so restaurants in the area. An article in the New York Times finally spelled it out. His brother Jason owns the restaurant. Continue reading →
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