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Lady Gaga Ends Deal with Target Over LGBT Issues
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications, media relations, public relations, reputation management, Video on March 9, 2011
TJ Walker discusses Lady Gaga ending her business relationship with the megastore for their reported donations to super conservative and anti-gay politicians.
CEO of American Apparel Sued for Using Teen Employee as Sex Slave
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Media, media relations, public relations, Video on March 9, 2011
TJ Walker talks about Dov Charney being sued by an employee for allegedly using her for sex.
Tiki Barber returning to NFL: Reputation Management
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, reputation management on March 8, 2011
Tiki Barber left the NFL at the top of his game after the 2006 season. Today, as a disgraced husband and unemployed broadcaster, he has announced that he will be returning to play in the upcoming season (if there actually is one).
Tiki went from being paid millions of dollars a year to be a talking head in a comfortable studio and as a corporate endorser, to now having to subject his body to the absolute abuse that a professional football player goes through on a weekly basis.
Sob story for Miami Heat and its coach
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications on March 8, 2011
Erik Spoelstra the head coach of the Miami Heat has now backtracked on his post game comments after a last-second loss Sunday to the Chicago Bulls, saying there were no tears, just a few slumping heads and red eyes.
No amount of backtracking can take back the fact that after Sunday’s game he said that players were crying in the locker room. That is the quote and video that has appeared in countless stories in print on on TV. The media attention being paid to his backtracking will be far smaller then his initial comments.
NY Times Claims Fox is Thinking of Dumping Glenn Beck
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications on March 7, 2011
Are Beck’s days numbered at Fox? True, his audience has shrunk by a million people in recent times but let’s not forget that his audience is still larger then all of his competitors COMBINED. The bigger problem for Beck is that advertisers are fleeing.
I think Beck is still several trips to the woodshed away from ever being removed from Fox. True, Beck is making tens of millions of dollars a year from his other media ventures unrelated to Fox (according to the NYTimes), so he doesn’t need Fox. Still, his fat multi-million dollar contract does buy a lot of gold, ammunition and bunker space for the Beck clan, so I predict he will pull it together and stay just this side of crazy land in order to keep his show on Fox.
Worst Speaker of the Day: ESPN’s Bob Knight Curses On TV
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on March 6, 2011
Bob Knight gets our worst speaker of the day for cursing on live TV. This is not the first or last time someone will curse of TV and in a way it is pretty amazing that Knight went this long without a slip up considering some of his antics as a coach.
A Cautionary Tale: 575-Pound Spokesman for ‘Heart Attack Grill’ Dies at 29
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications on March 6, 2011
It will be interesting to see if this restaurant turns into a ghost town now with the headline making death of their spokesperson.
Surely no one who ate at the Heart Attack Grill thought they were eating healthy food but now with death hitting them square in the face it might make some patrons think twice about visiting the establishment. If for nothing else for karma’s sake.
Charlie Sheen Announces He is Going to Haiti with Sean Penn
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Crisis Communications on March 5, 2011
This may be the first headline about Charlie Sheen that hasn’t been a disaster and a further blow to his reputation. Is this the first step toward Sheen rehabilitating is image? Doubtful…
BYU basketball player kicked off team for premarital sex -Crisis Communication
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications on March 3, 2011
A basketball player at Brigham Young University was dismissed from the team Tuesday night for having premarital sex, an honor code violation at the Mormon university. Many people are up in arms about this and are scratching their heads in amazement that a university with a team ranked #3 in the nation would drop such an integral part of the team.
You might think it is ridiculous to believe that college students should not have sex during their time at the school, but what BYU is demonstrating by sticking to their values is great brand management. If they were selective and preferential to athletes then their “code” of conduct would not carry any weight with their own students or to the outside world.
John Galliano to Face Trial in France for Anti-Semitic and Racist Speech—Could be imprisoned for 6 months
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Foreign Languages, Government & Politics on March 3, 2011
Wow, no wonder so many racists and anti-Semites move to America—our First Amendment speaking privileges make it a lot less punishing on them.
Galliano has apologized this week. He will have top flight legal counsel. I doubt he’ll serve hard time. Still, if I were a prosecutor, what better way would there be for me to make a name for myself in France and the rest of the world than to force Galliano to remove his capture close and put on prison garb?
John Galliano Apologies: ‘I Only Have Myself To Blame’ -VIDEO -media training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on March 2, 2011
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John Galliano released a statement on Wednesday regarding the events that began with his arrest last week and ended with his firing from Dior on Tuesday.
Supreme Court rules that Westboro Baptist Church has the right to be obnoxious
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on March 2, 2011
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Their opinions may be offensive to many, and even hurtful to some, but the right of the Westboro Baptist Church to express their anti-gay views outside military funerals was upheld Wednesday by the US Supreme Court
Christina Aguilera Arrested for Public Drunkenness
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications on March 2, 2011
Christian Aguilera is a major star with a voice that could last a long, long time. Why is she so cavalier about her reputation?
Surely Hollywood producers and directors are taking note.
PR Blunder of the Day—Mike Huckabee Says Obama “grew up in Kenya”
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics on March 2, 2011
Huh? Huckabee isn’t known for saying incredibly stupid things that can easily be proven factually incorrect later. Yesterday, Huckabee had an aide put out a statement that the Huck had “misspoken” and had meant to say Indonesia.
Hmmm…is this just an attempt to court the birther vote?
Rep. Darrell Issa Fires His Own Press Secretary
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics on March 2, 2011
I have been a congressional press secretary before and I am going to have to side with Rep. Issa on this one. If you don’t want your own employee to leak confidential info to reporters then they shouldn’t do so. Period. Leaking is a firing offense.
Let’s hope this isn’t the peak of Issa’s investigative mojo for the next 2 years.
Natalie Portman Condemns Galliano -VIDEO analysis
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on March 1, 2011
TJ Walker and Mike Bako discuss Natalie Portman’s reaction to John Galliano’s anti-semitic rant.
Charlie Sheen’s Publicist Respectfully Resigns
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications, public relations on March 1, 2011
Charlie Sheen’s publicist has resigned admid all of Sheen’s recent antics. Even though his publicist has stood by him through all of his bad press, his recent tirades have forced his publicist to part ways with the actor.
German Minister Resigns Amid Plagiarism Scandal
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, media relations, News, Politics, Video on March 1, 2011
The German Minister has resigned after allegations came to light that he plagiarized part of his doctorate in school. We are in the era of technology where almost any type of information we desire is at our fingertips. People who intend to run for office one day must remember that any and every mistake that is made during the time before their political career can always be used against them during their their time in office.
Do not plagiarize, or do anything scandalous, it will always come back to haunt you.
SOUNDBITE OF THE DAY: “Corpse” Gaddafi should step down – Kremlin Source
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, Media, Politics, Video on March 1, 2011
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