Today's Guest: Isadore Sharp, founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, author of Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy. If you could afford to stay at any hotel on a business or pleasure trip, I can’t imagine choosing anywhere other than a Four Seasons Hotel or Resort property. Granted, I’m... Continue Reading →
Writer Trina Robbins revives the art of Nell Brinkley’s Girls! PODCAST INTERVIEW
This is my third year of being the ringmaster of the Mr. Media radio show and I’m starting to see previous guests return with new projects. And that is certainly the case tonight, as cartoonist and historian Trina Robbins returns to the show to talk about her new project about Nell Brinkley's Girls, The... Continue Reading →
Solis, Breakenridge put public back in public relations! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge, co-authors, The End of Business As Usual: Rewire the Way You Work to Succeed in the Consumer Revolution I have a lot of respect for the practitioners of public relations services. Publicists are responsible for many of the interviews you hear on Mr. Media; they’re either pitching... Continue Reading →
Barack Inc.: What Obama winning in 2008 campaign taught us! PODCAST INTERVIEW
What was Barack Obama’s most pressing personal issue upon becoming President of the United States? After finding a good school for his daughters, he was apparently quite concerned with keeping his Blackberry. The new leader of the free world insisted upon staying connected with the digital masses—and a few close friends—who got him elected.... Continue Reading →
Why CAN’T a man be more like a woman, Sandra Beckwith? INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Sandra Beckwith, editor, The Do(o)little Report Originally Published February 3, 1997 If you've seen the NBC sitcom "Men Behaving Badly," Sandra Beckwith says you're already familiar with her field of study. The editor of The Do(o)little Report, a bimonthly newsletter that answers the musical question, "Why can't a man be more like a... Continue Reading →
58 What a concept! Weiner’s New World Dictionary of Media! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Richard Weiner, author, Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications (Originally Published September 30, 1996; Richard Weiner passed away on January 29, 2014. He was an early and enduring supporter of Mr. Media and he will be greatly missed.) During his career as the owner of a successful New York public relations... Continue Reading →
49 Scott Woelfel builds CNN Interactive, settles into Armchair! INTERVIEW
Originally Published November 18, 1996 CNN is one of the world's most recognizable brand names. If you need a news fix, it's the television channel to which everyone in the global village turns. What about when there's no TV around? That's the idea behind CNN Interactive, yet another brand extension from the house that Ted... Continue Reading →