Categories: OLD Media Moves

Attention PR folks: Watch CNBC before sending pitches

Los Angeles-based reporter Jane Wells of CNBC has a compilation of public relations pitches sent to the business news cable network that have nothing to do with business or the economy.

Wells wrote, “Here’s a shortened list of press releases sent my way in the last 24 hours:

“Draumr Publishing, an independent U.S. press, has finally released ‘Moon Child,’ the tantalizing new novel by first time Canadian author Simone Maroney, to the North American public. The book is a rollicking good ride, complete with adventure, betrayal and harrowing escapes from dire circumstances.”

“NeoMed Software Introduces “EpiTrax Live”–New online demonstrations allow physicians and prospective users of EpiTrax to learn more about electronic seizure tracking”

“Jewish Federation observes first anniversary of Seattle shooting”

Read more here. Make sure you see the Lindsay Lohan pitch she received.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.