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Don Rumsfeld Appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Communications, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics on February 24, 2011
Don Rumsfeld may or may not be your favorite Secretary of Defense, but he certainly is no media coward.
Rumsfeld had a no-holds-barred interview with Jon Stewart last night and it made for intriguing TV. A lot of political and business figures prefer to go on only “friendly” shows with sympathetic interviewers. Rumsfeld is smarter; he knows that if want to reach the largest audience possible, you do every interview, especially with people who hate and despise you.
Apps Take Over the Oscar World
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, celebrities, Technology on February 24, 2011
An explosion of new apps has arrived in time for the Oscars. Now, individuals can choose exactly what camera angle they want to see and take longer glimpses back stage.
ANALYSIS: How to take your radio career/show to the next level
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Communications, Technology, tip of the day on February 23, 2011
Hello T.J.,
Currently, I am the creator/host of a radio program which airs Sunday nights at (xx)pm. on (XXXX) AM 1XX0, as well as on eight internet radio outlets. It is also in syndication on 14 more thru the week. My program is called(XXXX). I feature indie bands, solo artists and performers. It is a combination talk/music program.
Kara Swisher reports the iPad 2 is coming out in March
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Technology on February 23, 2011
The new iPad will reportedly have a front-facing video camera—that alone may force me to buy one. I make it a habit not to buy the first version of anything Apple puts out.
I still feel burned from buying the iPhone the first week it came out. Let’s face it, it was a horrible phone and was impossible to type or send text messages with it. I waited until the latest iPhone came out last year and have been quite happy with it. Let’s hope I don’t have to wait 3.5 years for a good iPad.
MEDIA TRAINING TIP: “I don’t know, but I will find out and get back to you before deadline” is an infinitely better thing to say to a reporter than making up facts that doesn’t turn out to be true.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Media Training, Technology, tip of the day on February 23, 2011
MEDIA TRAINING TIP: “I don’t know, but I will find out and get back to you before deadline” is an infinitely better thing to say to a reporter than making up facts that doesn’t turn out to be true.
Amazon Goes After Netflix Streaming Video Market
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology on February 23, 2011
Will Amazon do to Netflix what Netflix did to Blockbuster? I don’t think the analogy holds, given that Netflix is not running expensive brick and mortar stores or using outdated technology like the DVD.
I’ve just joined Netflix, but I’m also an Amazon Prime customer. I may end up using both.
Golden Voiced Ted Williams to Get His Own Reality Show Called “Second Chances at Life”
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, celebrities, Communications on February 22, 2011
No word yet on whether Amaroso, Heidi and Spencer and the entire MSNBC green room will be moving to a tent on the streets of Columbus Ohio.
How Should Bloggers Reveal Sponsorships, Advertisers and Other Financial Backers?
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging on February 22, 2011
A debate on this topic surfaces at Silicon Alley Insider and Business Insider. At TJ Walker we don’t have these issues—yet. But we hope to, once we build an audience large enough to justify sponsorship. Please let me know what you think on this issue.
FORBES.com: Is Mike Huckabee Already Holding the Public Office He Desires?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, Government & Politics, Politics, Sales and Marketing on February 22, 2011
Few people realize how close former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee came to winning the SC primary in 2008, and therefore, how close he came to winning the GOP nomination that year. I thought he was a compelling communicator then and still do. Read more of TJ’s analysis at FORBES.com
FORBES.com: The Seattle Times asks, “Does Gates (Bill Gates Foundation) funding of media taint objectivity?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, CEOs/Financial, Media on February 21, 2011
The answer is “yes.” But this should be followed by acknowledgement that the taint is less odious than any other form of advertising or funding. And it’s a lot better than no stories on the international health issues The Gates Foundation shines a spotlight on. Read more of TJ’s analysis on FORBES.com
Egyptian Man Names His First Born Child “Facebook”
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology on February 21, 2011
While I guess that’s better than naming your child “Twit,” “Tweet” or “Delicious” (especially for a girl in the Muslim world), still, this doesn’t seem well-thought out.
It’s great that this man wants to honor those who helped bring about political revolution in his country, but isn’t this going to be, well, awkward for the daughter as she grows up?
Will Michael Medved be banned from conservative talk radio after making his politically incorrect statement that Obama is NOT deliberately trying to destroy America?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics on February 21, 2011
Michael Medved has softened is in old age. Medved was more than happy to traffic in nastiness when the Clinton’s were in the White House. But now that Obama is running things, Medved has become kinder and gentler.
He chastises his colleagues on the right for constantly saying idiotic things like Obama is deliberately destroying America. Medved points out, quite rightly, that this makes Obama look good not only to Democrats, but to moderates and independents, because the charges are so outrageous that they discredit all criticism of Obama.
TOP BLOGS OF THE DAY for 2/21: What TJ is reading
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language on February 21, 2011
Is the Cell Phone Camera the Greatest Civil and Human Rights Activist of the Last Decade?
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Communications, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, Politics on February 20, 2011
A strong case can be made that the cell phone video camera is the greatest thing to ever happen to oppressed people around the world. Dictatorships have often remained in power because their brutality has been kept from the local and worldwide public’s view. No longer. It turns out that brutalizing and abusing people is a great way to get everyone else in the world to turn against you.
NBA Announcer Falls Asleep While Broadcasting a Game
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Crisis Communications on February 20, 2011
Either Eric Snow is very relaxed and comfortable or that was one boring game, or both. Video footage of the sleeping broadcaster was put on YouTube and then promptly yanked down by the NBA.
Too late! I suspect thousands of copies of the video are floating around. This isn’t going to help Snow or the NBA. The NBA will survive; I’m not so sure about Snow.
Communications thought of the day: Every new communication technology completely changes how we communicate with friends and strangers, whether we realize it or not. What was science fiction a few decades, becomes cool, then becomes, obvious, then becomes so woven into lives it is not even noticed anymore.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, Technology, tip of the day, Training Community, Workplace on February 20, 2011
Communications thought of the day: Every new communication technology completely changes how we communicate with friends and strangers, whether we realize it or not. What was science fiction a few decades, becomes cool, then becomes, obvious, then becomes so woven into lives it is not even noticed anymore.
Rachel Maddow Slams Glenn Beck – Again
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics on February 20, 2011
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
TOP BLOGS OF THE DAY for 2/20: What TJ is reading
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging on February 20, 2011
Apple to Open Giant New Store in NYC Grand Central Station
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, blogging, CEOs/Financial on February 19, 2011
It amazes me that people think of Apple purely in terms of being new, hip, and social media focused. Yes, they do all that well.
But Apple also markets itself well in all old media and old forms of dealing with customers too. That’s why they still do the so-called interruption-based TV ads and billboard ads. Sure people can buy their stuff online, but they still go to the trouble of having an old-fashioned store in an old-fashioned building like Grand Central Station.
BBC Announces it Will Expand Coverage in the U.S.
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Media on February 19, 2011
That sound you are hearing might be coming from Piers Morgan and some of his colleagues who must be thinking “great, now instead of coming in 3rd or 4th place, we can be 4th or 5th place.”
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