Tag Archives: Ethics

Here we have a Wall Street Journal columnist whose firm is taking his newspaper columns fresh off the press and running to any company connected to the column’s subject of the week, trying to get them to sign up with said firm—led by the columnist himself!—for PR work.

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

How Mark Penn Converts His Wall Street Journal Column into P.R. Clients

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New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced a settlement with cosmetic surgery outfit Lifestyle Lift over the publishing of fake consumer reviews on the Internet.

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Under the settlement, Lifestyle Lift will stop publishing anonymous positive reviews about the company to Internet message boards and other Web sites, and will pay $300,000 in penalties and costs to the State of New York.”

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The new Gawker commenting system

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

How Gawker Media’s Nick Denton silences some commenters Nick Denton: And my hat goes off to AJ for bringing new writers into Deadspin and taking back the site from some commenters who thought they were in charge. Every transition is … Continue reading →

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