Archive for 'Business Beat'
The right to pick and choose who gets interviewed on your property
Nikki Finke posted this on her Deadline Hollywood blog on Thursday: I just confirmed that Sicko documentary creator Michael Moore was barred from making a scheduled media appearance inside the New York Stock Exchange today. His publicist says it was because he and a group of nurses intended to call for Wall Street investors and [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2007 under Business Beat, Legal Issues, Location Interviews.
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Media interviews 101 for technology journalists
Back in January, technology journalist Kevin Murphy wrote a hilarious and insightful piece on his texturbation blog about doing interviews with company reps during press tours. Here’s a sample paragraph: Your job is to write down what the Main Guy says. Main Guys always speak in quotes. You can write down what the Other Guy [...]
Posted: March 22nd, 2007 under Business Beat, Fun Stuff.
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None of this interview can go on the record
Sometimes a surprise media interview isn’t a welcome thing: In a small, windowless conference room in downtown Mountain View later the same day, [Roger] Lee [of venture capital firm Battery Ventures] does his best to introduce a six-month-old startup to a Mercury News reporter. But the company’s 25-year-old founder, whose mirrored sunglasses sit perched atop [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2007 under Business Beat, Guest Experiences, Tips for Interviewees.
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