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FIR #178: Throwing Communicators Under the Bus

March 4, 2019 by Shel Holtz 1 Comment

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4L Strategies Partner Jen Phillips joins FIR host Shel Holtz to discuss the expanding definition of “journalist” and what it means for communicators. Also in the episode:

  • Microsoft workers protest plans to weaponize the HoloLens; CEO Satya Nadella fights back
  • Delta Airlines’ CEO throws communicators under the bus in a New York Times interview
  • Facebook lets you share Events in Stories
  • TikTok reaches 1 billion downloads, pays record fine to the FTC
  • Nike launches year-long series on IGTV
  • The Momo Challenge would be worrisome if it were real
  • Pandora launches Stories, mixing podcasting with playlists
  • Reese’s pranks its own fans on Twitter while a barbecue chain crosses the line
  • Cedars Sinai is putting Amazon Echoes in 100 patient rooms
  • Consumers find voice ads more engaging than any other kind
  • Retailers are using employee communication platforms to improve customer service
  • Dan York explains why communicators should care about an Internet Society report about the trends of consolidation and centralization in the Internet, LinkedIn’s live streaming test, and nominations for the Internet Hall of Fame.
  • Dan also wants you to know that a data breach has hit ShareThis, a service used by many communicators

Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog.

About Jen Phillips

Jennifer Zingsheim Phillips is partner at 4L Strategies, where she consults and provides content development for a variety of industries. Before returning to 4L, she was director of marketing communications at CARMA. She has worked in communications and public affairs for 20 years, including a stint as a senior account executive at Fleishman Hillard. Her background includes work in electoral politics, government, lobbying, and public affairs PR work,


Links from this week’s episode

  • Microsoft workers protest: ‘Cancel US Army HoloLens super-soldier contract’
  • Microsoft CEO defends US military contract that some employees say crosses a line
  • CEO writes something by self; announces it in newspaper
  • David Murray’s Facebook post about his blog entry (including comments)
  • Facebook lets you share events in Stories
  • TikTok Has Been Downloaded More Than 1 Billion Times Globally
  • TikTok has been illegally collecting children’s data
  • Nike leans into empowering IGTV series with “Fight for Your Dream”
  • Don’t Freak Out About The ‘Momo Challenge,’ Which Is Not A Real Thing
  • Pandora Stories launches, combining music and podcasting in a new format
  • Reese’s Plays Prank On Premature New-Product Doubters
  • Dinosaur Bar-B-Que under fire for off-color ‘Robert Kraft’ sandwich ad
  • Here’s an Alexa Idea I Actually Like
  • Voice Ads Are More Engaging Than Other Formats, Consumers Say
  • How Brands Like Walgreens Use Employee Communication Platforms To Optimize Customer Service
  • Chart: How the definition of “journalist” is changing

Links from Dan York’s Tech Report

  • Consolidation in the Internet Economy
  • LinkedIn debuts LinkedIn Live, a new live video broadcast service
  • Microsoft helps LinkedIn launch its first live video streaming service
  • Internet Hall of Fame: Nominations
  • 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, seller boasts
  • Notice of Data Breach from ShareThis

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About Shel Holtz

Shel Holtz, ABC (Accredited Business Communicator), is director of Internal Communications at Webcor, a commercial general contractor headquartered in San Francisco. Before joining Webcor, Shel spent 21 years as principal of Holtz Communication + Technology. In addition to integrating technology into communications strategies, his expertise includes strategic communications planning, change management, organizational culture, business initiatives and communications research. Full bio

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Comments

  1. Mary Beth West says

    March 4, 2019 at 2:17 pm

    Great broadcast! The Delta Airlines CEO story is quite interesting … seems like the poor Bastian (with all credit to David Murray’s blog for the word play) has gone from hero to zero. Just a week or two ago, this CEO was getting major kudos for the snub to NRA members, and now … not so much. I’m not surprised about Bastian’s New York Times comment concerning his own comms team, given that it seems his mindset is abundantly opportunistic and, frankly, self-serving if not also short-sighted (just my opinion from the sidelines). Loved David’s blog, which I’ll be sure to follow going forward.

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