Tampons paracuting onto Dutch beaches. . . .now that’s an interesting “PR stunt.”  Turns out, 1 out of 7 women say they avoid the beach during “that time of the month.”  Read and watch this PR video here.

Fox news is reporting that Michael Jackson’s 50 “comeback concerts” were no more than a ball of a PR stunt.  Read the article here.

You know it’s bad when you have to bring in lawyers to defend. .. your Twitter account.  Check out this high drama story involving 2 PR firms in the Detroit area.  Really?  Oh yes.

So what happens when you become too successful, too large and really, too huge, even in a capitalist economy?  People get pissed.  Google knows this.  The company’s solution?  Hire a PR firm.  Read here.

Here’s a recent Miss Manners column on public relations vs. politeness regarding a pricey luncheon.

Wow-here’s a solid pitch for needing PR like never before.  Check out this article on Business Week

Sometimes you really have to wonder.  And in today’s world when ANYONE can put you on blast online, you have to wonder if folks are aware of the world wide web.  Check out this great blog post about a ridiculous PR pitch sent to Newsweek.  Somethings must die.  That includes the President’s puffing and . . .  you fill in the blank  . . . . incident.

Here’s a blog commentary on AIG’s sad, sad, spending on PR.  I like the analogy of the lifeboat with too many people in it.  Good points, Dick Grove!

I like this ezine article I dug up by Brian Feinblum.  Brian offers some tips on doing CEO or media interviews and I’m not sure I agree with them all, but they do paint a compelling interviewee.  Check out tip #5:

“Create an enemy. Put every conversation in the context of good vs. evil., new vs. old, us vs. them, etc. Enemies are everywhere. If you’re talking about personal finance, vilify government bailout and corporate greed; if you discuss a disease, you want to eradicate it; if you want to help parents be better at raising kids your enemy can be a situation (kids whining while you’re driving). There’s no end to finding a villain– it can be a person, group, ideology, circumstance, fate –whatever.”

Oh, you could literally write a daily blog about Walmart and the companie’s PR antics.  I appreciate any business doing well and thriving, but there’s just something to Walmart that is always “BIG.”  As in, never on a small scale.  Case in point today-Walmart announces it is hiring FIVE PR firms to help it’s company during it’s boom time in this crappy economy.  Oh Walmart.