Media in the New Millennium

Metzger Social Media Breakfast featuring the founders of blogfrog
Edit: The presentation begins at about 19:30 in the video. Due to some technical issues, we weren’t picking up audio until about the 32:30 mark. Holly and Rustin are glad to fill you in on anything you missed. Give ‘em a shout @theblogfrog!
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Posted by Lisa Metzger
I can see it now: Big room in the basement of a church. Lots and lots of folding chairs. Lots and lots of Styrofoam cups, the smell of badly burnt coffee in the air. No direct eye contact. Lots of shifty of feet and uncomfortable twitching of fingers that have nothing to [...]

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Posted by Lisa Metzger
For those of you that know me, you know I have a lot of opinions. A. Lot. These opinions are usually strenuously expressed and are sometimes unwavering and set in quick-dry cement.
But, perhaps another, more positive way of looking at it is to say that I have a lot of pet peeves. [...]

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Posted by Jill Thompson
As we know the media landscape is changing and the traditional news outlets are grasping at straws to save ratings, advertising revenue and, well, jobs. We are seeing several daily shows and large broadcast events incorporating social media in an attempt to regain ratings and increase viewer participation.
Broadcast events such as the [...]

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Posted by Lisa Metzger
We all know that social media is fun…we rant, we stalk old high school flames, we post random thoughts, we boast about our kids. We let all our friends know what we had for lunch and how truly satisfying our double shot mocha frappuccino was this morning.
I’ve been known to do all [...]

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Posted by Lisa Metzger
Freedom of speech. Freedom of the press.  Freedom of social media…not so much…
…and, especially not so much if you’re a reporter at Reuters who happens to be even the littlest bit new and social media literate.
Check out this interesting article on Mashable that is either blood chilling, a sure sign that the [...]

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Note from Doyle: I was copied on this email to Joe Fuentes from a friend and colleague, Cary Baird, who also worked with him at Coors. With her permission, I’m sharing this here. Thanks, Cary.
Dear Joe,
I just read a blog that Doyle Albee wrote about working with you, and I confess that I cannot do [...]

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posted by Doyle
I just got word from our friend Marie Rotter at Xcel Energy that Joe Fuentes passed away last night. The Denver PR community—in fact, our community as a whole—lost a wonderful person.
Our thoughts are with his wife, Chris, and his entire family. As Jeremy Story said on the Denver PR Blog yesterday, “Life [...]

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posted by Doyle
Well, maybe not predicted, but I noticed some great parallels while having a good time watching Hackers, the 1995 film starring a young Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller, a couple of nights ago.
While it was far from the first time I’ve seen the movie (my wife will actually complain about how many times I’ve seen [...]

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Posted by  Lisa Metzger
A little chuckle to brighten your day: How even a squishy, soft and sweet Muppet can get blasted on YouTube with a barrage of nasty commentary. Obviously a goof (and a hilarious one!), but just imagine what’s it’s life for the truly deserving. Check it out.
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