Today’s content centered about broadband with NCTA’s President and CEO Kyle McSlarrow interviewing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. The early morning exchange was cordial and eye opening in the aspect that these two forces still have a great amount of work to do in making America more broadband literate. A word that kept being used today was “adoption.” [...]
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 I've spent my entire professional life as a television network publicity and corporate communications executive at such places as Fox, GSN and Lifetime TV. I get a rush dealing with live broadcasts, tight deadlines and press conferences. I think I enjoy my job so much because I love working with the press. In addition to all that, I enjoy being an industry blogger and a social media expert and leading my own consulting firm in Los Angeles.        
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Chernin threw out a heavy piece of artillery at the start. He asked what his disappointments have been. Roberts thought he was a bit slow on the dime in the content area. He wished he had made investments 20 years ago in cable companies like Turner or Discovery. [...] So if I was given the keys to the media kingdom, here’s the first change I would make – its revolutionary – but I’d open my companies doors and let everyone in – no matter what competing show they were on or rival network or for that matter parent owner. Imagine – MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow could be included in a “60 Minutes” piece. Or “Dancing with the Stars” celebrities could appear on “Late Show With David Letterman” or Jay Leno could guest on “Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel.” Or for that matter, Craig Ferguson could visit with the gals on “The View.” [...] One of of your first days in out placement services, you attend workshops to finesse things like your resume, career objectives and more importantly, your exit statement if your position was redundant. I was just thinking about what in the world Conan or his staff say about their job transitions. [...] As one who is familiar with severaces of late, I did a little math for I wanted to see how his staff made out for seven months work in Los Angeles. Basically, his 190 person staff would each receive $41,000 (after taxes) if the $11 million was split evenly among them, which I’ m sure it will not be. [...] If you were chatting with me today, here’s what I would be talking to you about – NBC (The No Brains Corporation), Conan O’Brien and Jose Canseco. [...] It’s a great time to be a publicist for the harvest field has recently become full with so many influential people and institutions finding themselves caught in potential reputation tarnishing situations. [...] By no means do I think that Conan nor Jay are victims nor should be pitied in their situations. The two of them are set for life financially no matter the outcome. But, this situation that has arisen involves PRIDE and that sometimes is hard to swallow. If I was either of their publicists the advice I would give them would be the same. Forget about your ego and the best decision to be made is what is best for their audience. Yes, in this day and age, you are only as good as to the size of your following. Any missteps causing a reduction of fans are costly. [...] |
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