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The Globe Still Needs to Apologize for Cheerleading the GE Boston Deal

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2022 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave ... ." Effects by Jason Pramas on a selection from a photo by Chris Faraone. Copyright 2022 Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas.

As the one-time corporate behemoth slinks away from the chaos it created in the Bay State (yet again)

While my DigBoston and BINJ colleagues and I do occasionally skewer the Boston Globe ...  read more

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Brian McGrory, Column, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, flack, GE Boston Deal, General Electric, Globe, Jason Pramas, Jon Chesto, Journalism, marketing, Massachusetts, newspaper, PR, propaganda, Shirley Leung

EDITORIAL: GUILTY ERROR

Written by CHRIS FARAONE, JOHN LOFTUS, AND JASON PRAMAS Posted May 17, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

New advertising industry initiative should protect the independent press, not just major outlets like the Boston Globe

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advertising, Allen & Gerritsen, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of National Advertisers, Boston Globe, business, Chris Faraone, criticism, DigBoston, editorial, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, marketing, media, news, newspaper, PR, public relations

EDITORIAL: MAJOR NEWSPAPERS SHOULD GIVE BACK FACEBOOK GRANTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 12, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Money should go to the local independent news outlets the digital giant has hurt worst

Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: business, Canada, Chris Faraone, conglomerate, corporation, criticism, data, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, funding, grant, greed, Guam, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, media, multinational, national, news, newspapers, nonprofit, PR, public relations, Puerto Rico, slider, social media, usa

A MESSAGE TO BIZ OWNERS ABOUT PUBLICISTS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 29, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

If you think that Facebook is the leading culprit in the case of Who Killed Journalism?, then I may just know a Russian bot or two who’s in the process of selling your digits off to dogs.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: Journalism, media, media relations, PR, publicity

GENERAL ELECTRIC FAIL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 15, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Conglomerate’s woes throw Boston HQ deal contradictions into bold relief

 

What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if that once-secret deal cut by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh in January 2016 goes south? Potentially ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: boondoggle, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Redevelopment Authority, building, capitalism, construction, corporation, corruption, criticism, deal, fort point, GE, General Electric, Giveaway, Gov Charlie Baker, headquarters, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, Necco, PILOT, PR, Procter & Gamble, public, public relations, scam, scheme, tax breaks

THE VERTEX SHELL GAME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Vertex Headquarters. Photo ©2015 Derek Kouyoumjian

Pharma’s Donation to Boston, Other Cities Converts Public Funds to PR Gold

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does business. The Boston-based company, best known for its cystic fibrosis meds, has pledged to “spend $500 million on charitable ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: advertising, Boston, capitalism, commerce, corporation, criticism, deal, Deval Patrick, foundation, Giveaway, Jeffrey Leiden, jobs, John Barros, labor, marketing, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, monopoly, nonprofit, pharma, pharmaceutical, PR, public, public relations, taxes, Vertex

BOSTON 2024 PR GAMES: NOT INTERESTED

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted July 6, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

Before long, it became clear that the event organizers were unwilling to turn any meaningful authority over to members of the public.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Boston 2024, community meeting, John Fish, lies, Marty Walsh, Olympics, PR, public relations, Steve Pagliuca, USOC

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