Artificial Intelligence is on the panel’s mind — among other things — as C.C. Chapman, Neville Hobson, and Dan York join Shel Holtz for the first episode of 2017 and the beginning of our 13th consecutive year of podcasting. Our conversation covered the impact of a second consecutive presidential administration planning an arm’s-length relationship with the press while employing social media more to communicate directly with the public; businesses making preparations to address the prospect of an attack from the president; five industries whose futures are threatened by technology (and what they can do about it); and much more.
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Not much news of interest to communicators is reported over the holidays, so Ayelet Baron, Eden Spodek, and Brad Whitworth joined host Shel Holtz for a higher-level conversation Facebook’s obligations as a new kind of media company, the wisdom of choosing to launch a startup as your first job, how companies can attract younger workers more inclined to launch a startup, how cultures need to change to embrace a corporate narrative, whistleblowing, and suicide by overwork. There’s much more, including Dan York’s report on Facebook Live Audio.
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Kami Huyse, Marshall Kirkpatrick, and Laura Pevehouse join host Shel Holtz for an update on the latest news about fake news, including the steps Facebook is taking to call it out, Germany’s new law that could cost Facebook 500,000 euros for each fake news item it publishes, how big brands are inadvertently funding fake news, how fake news is inspiring people to turn their attention back to mainstream media, and why owned media (especially corporate blogs) are more important than ever; a look at a new app that lets employees engage anonymously with other workers in their company led 200-plus Amazon employees to critique their employer’s handling of a colleague’s attempted suicide; conversation about how blockchain could play a part in marketing and advertising, and much more (including Dan York’s weekly tech report).
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Maris Callahan, Justin Goldsborough, and Tim Hayden join host Shel Holtz for an update on the latest news about fake news, including a boycott of the new Star Wars movie, companies waking up to the threat, and data showing most Americans believe fake news headlines when they see them. Also in the rundown: PR is still saddled with a reputation as spin doctors, liars, and sharks circling startups in order to take a chunk of their flesh; as automated systems replace real people, what happens to the human-fueled customer experience? do marketers need to move beyond branded content if they’re going to contribute to the company’s revenue stream? corporate values used to be fairly mundane but today they can provoke partisan anger and blowback, and much more.
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