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IABC Nixes Glitz on New Web Site:Function Over Fashion

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


IABC's new Web site, born from the rubble of its ill-fated "Talking Business Now" venture, offers vast improvements in organization and navigation, with e-commerce, on-line record updating, and improved member search balanced with a strong emphasis on privacy. The drab-looking site is all about better function and organization; from that standpoint, they have a winner, with more improvements scheduled. Funereal Look, Fine Functions

AT&T Wants Verizon Penalized for Stupid Marketing

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Is it stupid marketing or a ploy of genius, as Verizon appears to alienate its own customers with a campaign to sell a non-existent product? One mistake is enough, AT&T says, but two is a pattern designed to create market confusion. Phantom Phone Service

Famed Medical Journal Relaxes Conflicts Provisions

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


The influential New England Journal of Medicine, acknowledging the ubiquitous nature of corporate-sponsored research, has loosened its conflict-of-interest guidelines. Information about new drugs will be published, even if it comes from authors who have financial ties to the manufacturers. Standards? What Standards?

Consumers Balk at Paying for Specialized On-Line Services

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Consumers continue to resist paying for services on the Internet, according to Jupiter Media Metrix. A few companies, notably The Wall Street Journal, have successfully charged for content, but most attempts to charge for on-line services and content have been spectacularly unsuccessful. But It's Always Been Free

IABC Projects Breaking Even in FY02, Then Nibbling at Deficit

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Like the drip, drip, drip of water torture, IABC is coming back. Slowly. The financially troubled professional association is on track to break even in FY02, after a $598,000 loss in FY01 and a total deficit of $1.28 million. The Association expects to wipe out the deficit over a four- or five-year period. The Operative Word Is 'Slow'

Programming's a Steal Without Commercials

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Arrogant movie, entertainment, and broadcast executives are erecting technological barriers to consumer freedom of choice. Right now, they forbid us from skipping their little commercials. What's next? We can't turn the machine off until they've said it's okay? We Are In Control

Resume Follies Return to Center Stage

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Another stupid coach bites the big one. Plagiarism and lying on resumes is becoming so prevalent, that it's hard to keep track of who's rail-straight and who should be ridden out of town on that same rail. Lies, Damn Lies, And Resumes

Catch Us at the Bar at the IABC Conference

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


If our Chief Curmudgeon isn't hanging out at the bar at the Chicago Conference, it's because he's doin' duties for IABC. Catch up with him to find out about all the new stuff that's happening at our little Corner Bar and get in on the ground floor of Contacts On Tap™, our media database, before prices go up. He's Everywhere

'We're No. 107!' Say PR Execs

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


PR executives have the 107th best job in the United States, according to the new edition of Jobs Rated Almanac, far above fashion models, which rank 164th. According to the Jobs Rated list, CornerBarPR.comSM management ranks somewhere among Web site manager, at No. 17, publication editor at No. 31, and advertising account exec at No. 97. Actually, we think our job is No. 1! Better'n A Bartender

Toy Yoda Forces Bust Up Hooters Promotion

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


A former Hooters waitress didn't find a restaurant's Toy Yoda word play a hoot and now will be able to buy any Toyota she wants. She should have known something was up when the contest was announced on April Fool's Day. Not to Be Toyed With

Andersen Shredding Stops Too Soon

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


An Andersen videotape shows that they hadn't learned anything from the Microsoft case or the Nixon White House. Business ethics courses will have a field day with a Houston manager's gleeful praise of corporate shredding. Why wasn't the tape shredded, too? Where's That Electromagnet?

Tyson Decked by Klores Agency

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Wanna represent a bullheaded, brawling, biting, baiting, blasphemous boxer? It may land you a punch in the mouth. New York-based Dan Klores Communications apparently got hammered one too many times and left the ring. Boxed Out

Penthouse Removes Breasts

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Popular pro Anna Kournikova may finally get a big court win, but it won't be from her tennis skills. Known more for her curves than blazing returns, the foxy Russian is showing her form in a Penthouse lawsuit. We blew the call, Penthouse says. Tit In The Wringer

WWF KO'd by a Panda

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" was the motto of boxer Muhammad Ali. And now, the animals have won. The heavyweight World Wrestling Federation has been body-slammed by the tree-hugging World Wildlife Fund. The fighting WWF has become the newly meek WWE. Can't Bear It

Sounds of Silence Muffle Internet Radio

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


The famed Digital Millennium Copyright Act has struck Internet radio speechless. Webcasters claim new royalty fees supported by commercial radio, which isn't eager for any competition, would drive them out of business, so many joined a day-long protest shutdown. Listen Here

Allstate's 'Good Hands' Slap Down Agent

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Insurance industry "credit scoring" formulas can get you kicked off their books. An Allstate agent has found that this applies to his own job as well as to his customers' policies. There is no freedom of speech -- even to legislators or regulators -- if you're in Allstate's hands, thank you. What Amendment Was That?

Merrill Lynches Conflicted Analysts

By CornerBarPR.com® Staff


Business hasn't learned the Microsoft lesson, has it? The world's largest brokerage has been accused of giving biased stock recommendations that cost investors big bucks. How was the scheme found out? Why, emails, of course. Junk Stocks