Apple Tightens the Purse Strings
Mon, Apr. 15, 2019
By Ronn Torossian
Apple is facing PR blowback after recent reports surfaced of the tech giant being stingy with artists.
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Apple is facing PR blowback after recent reports surfaced of the tech giant being stingy with artists.
The old crisis management protocols of controlling the narrative while communicating the brand story doesn’t work in a digital age where every action is misconstrued as a misstep and anything you say can and will be used against you.
Tulchan Communications represents British pharmaceuticals company Indivior, which was indicted by a Virginia grand jury April 9 on 28 counts of healthcare, mail and wire fraud connected to its marketing of Suboxone Film, an opioid-based drug, as a treatment for opioid and heroin addiction.
Burger King drew negative public reaction after a recent ad campaign promoting a new burger was decried for its lack of cultural sensitivity.
Four Democratic leaders have formally asked for a probe into whether funds from Porter Novelli's $2.25M contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services flowed to Republican communications consultants to burnish the brand of CMS administrator Seema Verma. (1 reader comment)
Recently unveiled court documents regarding the December arrest of Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng add new embarrassing details to the Chinese telecommunications giant’s ongoing reputation woes. (2 reader comments)
Purdue Pharma, J&J's Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Allergan, Endo Health, Teva Pharmaceuticals, McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen Drug are among targets in deceptive marketing practices lawsuit filed today against opioid makers/distributors. (1 reader comment)
Boeing turned to Sard Verbinnen for crisis support in the days following the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, according to the New York Times. Company initially faulted for failing to put a "human face" on crisis response.
Research shows that companies can sometimes gain value when responding to a celebrity endorser whose bad misbehavior has threatened their brand. (1 reader comment)
JW Childs Assocs, has rebranded as Prospect Hill Growth Partners following the Feb. 22 raid of a Florida massage parlor that netted its chairman/co-founder John Childs.
BCW provided Washington representation to Chinese telecom Huawei, which is banned from doing business with federal agencies and contractors due to its alleged espionage on behalf of China's government. (1 reader comment)
Goldin Solutions represents billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt, who has been accused of sexual harassment by seven women. (1 reader comment)
Huawei Technologies enlisted Larry Weber’s Racepoint Global for PR and crisis support as it takes on the US law that bars governmental agencies and federal contractors from doing business with the Chinese company accused of espionage.
Former “Desperate Housewives” actress Felicity Huffman has hired The TASC Group, New York firm that represented the family of murdered Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, to handle media surrounding her alleged involvement in the college admissions cheating scandal. (2 reader comments)
Brands and their CMOs worry about the effects a crisis could have on their organization, but many admit feeling vulnerable to the impacts of a high-stakes crisis event and some don’t even have a communication plan in place, according to a recent report. (1 reader comment)
Ivy League and other elite schools "caught up" in the college admissions scandal wil likelyl suffer little or no damage to their PR reputations. The episode though highlights the need for mid-tier schools to prove the value of their diplomas. (1 reader comment)
The delayed response of the FAA and US airlines to the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 8 jet will have major PR ramifications for American aviation. (1 reader comment)
BDO, which is administering the winding down of Bell Pottinger, is seeking $1.3M from Tim Bell for allegedly breaching his exit deal by making disparaging comments on the BBC about the collapsed firm, according to today’s Times of London.
CL-Media handled the retirement announcement of John Childs, chairman of Boston private equity firm J.W. Childs Assocs., who has been accused of soliciting prostitution after raid of Florida massage parlor.
Meredith Griffanti, who was strategy & communications leader for the office of transformation at Equifax, has joined FTI Consulting in Washington as managing director in its crisis & issues management practice.
Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim has issued a statement after he was involved in a fatal car accident.
Purdue Pharma allegedly was involved in a 2017 covert misinformation campaign proposed by Washington's The Herald Group to attack attorneys generals who either filed or planned to file suits against opioid manufacturers. (1 reader comment)
Joy Behar came under fire after an old photo resurfaced allegedly showing the television host dressing up as a “beautiful African woman” for a Halloween party. (7 reader comments)
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