Media notes: cronies, buying fire pictures, pretend news

A couple quick things of interest. ...

* My friend Heesun Wee has a new Yahoo interactive up on Korean "comfort" women.

* Another college friend -- Matt Welch's book on John McCain is out. I'm just a little ways in so far. ...

* Was impressed to see that as part of the LA Daily News fire coverage, you can make an online order for any of the pictures from their staff fire photo galleries.

* And this press release from a PR company showed up in my in box. Will be interesting to Google it in a month and see which "news" outlets use it and which ones don't bother to note they're basically running a press release verbatim. It starts this way:

Dear Editor:

We hope you will consider running this bylined article by Emil Grosso of Sebastians (Boston): "A Step by Step Guide to Choosing the Best Caterer for Your Holiday Needs By Emil Grosso, President, Sebastians Café and Catering.

This article focuses on how to select the perfect caterer now that the holidays are around the corner.

The bylined article appears below. ...

A Step by Step Guide to Choosing the Best Caterer for Your Holiday Needs
By Emil Grosso, President, Sebastians Café and Catering
With the holidays just around the corner, well-informed hosts know to book their caterers early to ensure the success of their parties and events. The right caterer can make or break a get together, ...

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- posted by Amy @ 11/02/2007 11:13:00 AM