Connie Bennett, author of the book “Sugar Shock,” alerted her readers in this blog post that the casting company that producted “The Biggest Loser” is looking for overweight sugar addicts to be part of the show. You must be available for shooting on Saturdays in February. They must hear from you today.
TV & Radio
Oprah crisis: Topic of my first blog for Huffington Post
“What CEOs Can Learn from Oprah’s Sex Abuse Scandal” is my first contribution as a blogger for the Huffington Post. They posted it it under both Business and Entertainment. I elaborated on an item I wrote here, giving Oprah high marks for managing the sex abuse scandal at her $40 million academy for girls in South Africa so thoroughly that she left… Read More
Google Alerts leads to ‘Good Morning America’ gig
What’s a valuable, time-saving tool that every Publicity Hound should use? Publicist Renee Young can tell you. Her client, Dr. Amiya Prasad, a New York City plastic surgeon, appeared on a two-minute segment on this morning’s “Good Morning America” as a result. Google Alerts is a nifty service that notifies you as soon as something appears online… Read More
Oprah scandal: A lesson in crisis management and a correction
Please note the correction in the seventh paragraph of the post below, which was brought to my attention today, October 4, 2008 when a reporter from People magazine called me for a comment regarding this story. The story states that Oprah’s former headmistress has filed a defamation suit against Oprah, the Huffington Post, and me.… Read More
CVBs, chambers: Bring ‘Ellen’ to your town
Here’s a chance for Convention & Visitors Bureaus or chambers of commerce to strut their best stuff and bring the Ellen Degeneres Show to their town. Ellen is sponsoring a “Wish You Were Here” program. (This is not a contest for legal reasons, claims a PR rep.) It’s a 10-week project to find a city that’s special enough to… Read More
Radio-TV Interview Report gets good reviews
Radio-TV Interview Report, the magazine that TV and radio producers read to find guests, gets mostly positive reviews from speakers who have responded to a question about the effectiveness of ads they bought in that publication. In a recent issue of SpeakerNet News, a free ezine, speaker Jim Bouchard asked readers for feedback on RTIR. RTIR is published by Steve Harrison,… Read More
Ellen DeGeneres could have averted a PR crisis
If only Publicity Hound Joni Hubred-Golden could have been around to help avert a PR disaster for Ellen DeGeneres and the dog rescue group Moms and Mutts. Ellen, you may have heard, adopted a terrier mix dog named Iggy from the nonprofit dog rescue group Moms and Mutts. When the dog didn’t get along with her cats, she… Read More
Public, leased access let you have your own TV show
Wishing and hoping for your own show on national TV? Stop waiting for an invitation to audition. Instead, create your own show on your cable TV company’s public access channel. That’s what foodie Dave Lieberman did when he was a student at Yale University. On his show “Campus Cuisine,” he demonstrated how fellow students could cook… Read More
New fall TV shows can be tied to your pitch
Michael Smart, national news director for Brigham Young University, generated fabulous publicity for the university several years ago just as the show “Survivor” was debuting on CBS. “We had an honors class at BYU on team-building that had been taught for 13 years, and it wasn’t new,” he said. “The students were told they were stranded on… Read More
Baby Boomer couples: Apply for ‘Life Begins at 40’ TV show
If you’re over 40 and you want to make a change in your life, and generate some resulting publicity, apply for the new TV show “Life Begins at 40.” The producers describe the show: “For many people in their 40s and 50s, the time has come to restructure their life and do something they’ve always dreamed… Read More