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Inside PR

Apr 30, 2018

What's the matter with mat stories? Quite a bit, in the absence of full disclosure, it appears. We talk about the different approaches to mat stories in the two largest providers in North America, NAPS in the United States and News Canada north of the border. We talk about where the responsibility for disclosure resides...


Apr 22, 2018

Should you use Reddit for your business communications? Will the Reddit community welcome you or even accept you? Mike Connell's recent article on the Spin Sucks blog launched this week's discussion. And we didn't need much prompting to talk about Mark Zuckerberg's appearance before Congress. Not surprisingly,...


Apr 10, 2018

We CAN change the balance of power between people and the social networks. But to do so, we need to be aware that it is our presence that makes social networks economically viable. And we need to look to government and public interest groups to champion and, if necessary, force the changes that will assert our rights...


Apr 3, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg is quiet no more. After a period of uncomfortable silence that saw Facebook savaged by privacy advocates and users like us, Zuckerberg gave a remarkable interview to Ezra Klein, suggesting a Facebook governance structure that would transcend national boundaries. Huh? And what does 1.1.1.1 mean to you?...


Apr 2, 2018

It's episode 500 of Inside PR. Thank you for listening to the first 500. And now,we're starting the next 500. Episode 1,000, here we come! This week we talk about positive steps by Twitter, Facebook and Netflix to promote authoritative news sources and video news magazines. A new news ecosystem takes shape? The Web...