F.A.D.S.

We all know the significance of the recent presidential elect, or do we? I couldn’t believe when I came across this blog post on Gawker.com, it took a couple of minutes for my mouth to close.

I walked in the office today with a commitment to have a good Wednesday. It’s hump day, the week is on it’s way to being wrapped up, and everyone is starting to get holiday fever. Then I opened my e-mail…As I do every morning, I clicked the Bulldog Reporter and began to peruse the day’s [...]

We have a running game with our out-of-state friends; we stop at every Mexican place that says, “The world’s {insert adjective} margaritas!”  In Chicago, that’s quite a game as you only have to get in a cab and drive up and down Lincoln before you’ve had a few too many.
My good friend Martin Waxman last [...]

The United States recently experienced a historical election that captivated the entire nation.  Barak Obama was elected as our next commander and chief.  It was hard not to get swept into the candidate debates, the many news stories and various opinions.  Both sides spoke passionately of their plans for the current ailing economy and I personally [...]

According to an article in the Chicago Tribune online, “A Lake County woman who won a date with a man a radio station called a “great” catch is suing the station for promoting the man, who had a criminal history and allegedly sexually assaulted her on the date she won.”

Every night I watch CBS2Chicago news leading right into David Letterman’s hilarious opening act. I love the first 20 minutes of Letterman! This past Monday, there was a very interesting story about a company, Environmental Technical Institute (ETI), pitching future employees into buying what ETI has to offer.

Dan Abrams, the former general manager of MSNBC, is launching a media-strategy firm, according to today’s Wall Street Journal.  His advantage is using a panel of journalists if your company faces a difficult public relations isssue to “weigh in on how media outlets would likely respond to different PR strategies.”
One of Abrams’s investors believes “big [...]