Crisis 'Fire your PR guy' email sends Sony comms exec out the door (@BW)

Crisis
Sony says no interviews at 'The Interview' Premier in wake of hack attack (HuffPost)

Int'l
Ecuador moves to block disclosure of US PR activities (L. Markay)

PA
The torture report triggered CIA's first live presser (Atlantic)

Media
Leaked emails reveal Maureen Dowd promised to show Sony exec's husband column before publication (Buzzfeed)

Crisis
Uber is pulling out all the stops to save its reputation (M. Kosoff)

Crime
PR exec convicted of raping woman he met on dating site(Chicago Trib)

Entertainment
Golden Globe nominations: Biggest snubs and surprises (Variety)

Int'l
$1.3B later, gov't can't tell if its beating ISIS at propaganda(Daily Caller)

Civic
New leaders hope to burnish Laredo's image (Texas Trib)

FoodBev
Top food PR stories of 2014 (Hunter PR)

Media
Inside the collapse of the New Republic (New Yorker)

Holiday Card
Bigg a$$ swear jar meets Salvation Army kettle (Coyne)