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Killing Rumors: A 50-Year Old Mathematical Formula Is Key Tool in Managing Crisis Communications
Every company and organization, at some time or other, faces a crisis that includes rumors. Most crisis communications management is pattern recognition, and rumors follow predictable patterns. In fact, there's a formula that describes how rumors work and that provides a very useful tool for understanding how to kill false...
Tags: Rumor, Tool, Crisis Communication, Crisisnavigator, Corporate Communications, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
How Top PR Professionals Handle Hot Air: Types of Corporate Rumors, Their Effects and Strategies to Manage Them
Seventy-four highly experienced communications and public relations PR professionals serving top-level global corporations responded to a survey investigating types of organizational rumors, their prevalence and effects, the effectiveness of management strategies used to handle them, and psychological and situational variables with which they are associated. Results showed that harmful rumors...
Tags: Strategy, Rumor, Institute For Public Relations, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications
White papers 2001-11-05
Crisis Communications: Get It Right - The First Time
The tragedy at the Sago Mine near Tallmansville, WV on January 3, 2006 and the rumors that followed highlight the criticality of communications in a business continuity plan. It also points out that no matter what the news, timing can turn an event into a "Lose-lose" situation. One of the...
Tags: Rumor, Crisis Communication, Portal Publishing, Portals, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Business Security, Internet, Marketing, Business Operations
White papers 2006-01-27
What To Know When Starting A Business?
There are many rumors flying around about the establishment of new businesses and how the process actually works. Some of these rumors are truth and others are completely false. Starting your own business is a time consuming and difficult task, but the overall rewards can definitely be worth the hard...
Tags: Rumor, Financial, Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance
White papers 2009-01-01
Another Good Reason Why Republic is Flying for Mokulele
It has now been confirmed that the rumors that Republic would be flying for Mokulele in Hawai'i are true. I wrote before about why I thought it was a good idea before, but now we can add another one to that list. by Brett Snyder
Tags: Rumor, Brett Snyder, FAA, Hawaii
Blog posts 2008-10-22
In Defense of Michael Arrington (Really. Well, Partially.)
The New York Times had an article Saturday about tech blogs running rumors. As I understood the article, the overall point was that such sites as TechCrunch and Gizmodo will print rumors because it is their way of gaining attention and competing with mainstream media organizations that have far deeper...
Tags: Rumor, Mainstream Media, Blogging, Internet, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-06-08
WPP's Sorrell on Y&R Lawsuit: "Bring It On!"
WPP chief Martin Sorrell lived up to his litigious reputation when he nixed rumors there might be a settlement in the Y&R v. Pacific Equity Partners case in Australia. by Jim Edwards
Tags: Rumor, Lawsuit, WPP, Litigation, Business Operations, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-06-23
The Teva-Shire Deal Worst-Case Scenario
The rumors that Teva might attempt to buy Shire are puzzling because such an acquisition would present a huge internal conflict to the combined company: What to do with Shire's Vyvanse and Adderall XR brands, which are in direct competition with Teva's generic Adderall pills? by Jim Edwards
Tags: Rumor, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Branding, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-08-24
New Sony E-book Reader Should Worry Amazon
A mere 12 days ago, not even a fortnight, while looking at increasing competition on the e-book front, I mentioned the rumors that Sony would announce an e-book reader with wireless capability sometime in September. It seemed "odd" at the time, as the company had just announced two other models,...
Tags: Sony Corp., Rumor, Amazon.com Inc., Wireless, E-books, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-08-26

Additional Resources

Rumor of first hybrid.(Warner Bros.'s "Rumor Has It" high definition DVD)(Brief article)
On May 9, Warner will bow Rumor Has It as its first HD DVD/standard DVD hybrid title. Playable in standard DVD machines and the new Toshiba HD DVD players, the Rumor Has It release will hold an HD DVD on one side of the disc and a...
Tags: disc, DVD, HD-DVD, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Research articles 2006-05-01
Ars at Macworld '09: Rumor roundup and live keynote plans
The last Macworld Conference & Expo keynote starring Apple is upon us. Although the iconic Steve Jobs will not be taking the stage this year, there's still quite a bit of buzz around what—if anything—might be announced by Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller. As usual, Ars...
News items 2009-08-07
New Apple tablet rumor: Larger form factor running Mac OS X
By Neil HughesPublished: 12:50 PM EST Related AppleInsider articles:Upcoming Apple tablet is No. 1 priority of...School shoppers choose netbooks over Apple,...New Apple tablet speculation: two models, OLED...Apple's tablet will be more than a niche...Apple evaluated 4- to 12-inch tablet screens -...Citing a "100 percent reliable" source, a new report alleges...
Tags: tablet, Apple Inc.
News items 2009-08-28
ZARVA DENIES RUMOR OF BUYING SEGA'S R&D
AsiaInfo Services 01-11-2005 Zarva Denies Rumor of Buying Sega's R&D BEIJING, Jan 11, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- A market rumor said that China's Zarva and Changhong are in talks with the Japanese top game builder Sega to buy the lat...
Tags: R&D
Research articles 2005-01-11
VOLKSWAGEN CHINA DENIES RUMOR OF SKODA ENGINE PROJECT
AsiaInfo Services 05-19-2006 Volkswagen China Denies Rumor of Skoda Engine Project SHANGHAI, May 19, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Volkswagen China denied the rumor that a battle broke out between Shanghai Volkswagen and a Taiwan enterprise for AsiaInfo Services ...
Tags: Volkswagen AG
Research articles 2006-05-19
3G LICENCE ISSUE CLARIFIED TO BE RUMOR
AsiaInfo Services 04-21-2006 3G Licence Issue Clarified to Be Rumor BEIJING, Apr 21, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The word that 3G licenses were to be released this September was clarified to be a rumor. China's Ministry of...
Tags: 3G, China Mobile Ltd.
Research articles 2006-04-21
Ericsson denies Microsoft takeover rumor. (Business).
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--LM. Ericsson denied a rumor that Microsoft Corp. is making a bid to buy the telecom equipment maker, reaffirming a statement made ... STOCKHOLM, Sweden--LM. Ericsson denied a rumor that Microsoft Corp. is making a bid to buy the telecom equipment maker, reaffirming...
Tags: Ericsson Inc., Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2002-07-15
Cree: Sorting Through the Rumor Mill
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: The rumor mill has been running on overdrive churning out pseudo-news on Cree Research CREE. Late last week, as the Wall Street Journal reported, the options market was rife with rumors that the company might be an acquisition target for IBM IBM. That’s a...
Tags: Cree, Chip, IBM Corp., LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd.
External links 2008-08-26
Federal Reserve says Greenspan fine, denies heart attack rumor
WASHINGTON AFP ? The US Federal Reserve denied a rumor that 78-year-old chairman Alan Greenspan had suffered a heart attack, after the traders' gossip pounded the dollar. "There is no truth to the rumor," said Federal Reserve spokesman Andrew Williams. "Greenspan is fine." The Federal Reserve usually...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board
Research articles 2004-03-31
False Rumor Regarding Destruction of Veterans Records; Rumor Hinders NPRC's Ability to Answer Veterans' Reference Requests
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- There is a false rumor circulating on the Internet, in e-mails, and among veteran service organizations that Official Military Personnel Files OMPFs at the National Personnel Records Center, operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, will be digitized and then destroyed. This...
Tags: E-mail, INTERNET, National Archives and Records Administration
Research articles 2004-09-22
Google-Buying-Twitter Rumor Highlights Twitter's Business Model
Suppose we should get this rampant "Google buying Twitter" rumor out of the way. I'm connecting the dots here, but seems there is a correlation between the post on TechCrunch that started it all, the post on Kara Swisher's blog saying that the rumor started because of some "product-related discussions"...
Tags: Google Inc., TurboTax, Twitter, TurboTax Case, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Catharine P. Taylor
Blog posts 2009-04-03
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