Comments? Send us an email at insideprcomments@gmail.com, call us on the comment line on 206-600-4741, visit the Inside PR Blubrry site, or leave us a comment on the Inside PR show blog. This week on Inside PR, Terry Fallis, David Jones, Martin Waxman and Julie Rusciolelli and discuss the evolution and potential extinction of the news conference. Show Notes 00:26 Terry introduces the show 01:44 Terry introduces the comment from Bob Ledrew 03:40 Martin introduces the main topic: What is it with news conferences today? 05:08 Julie talks about a news conference Maverick did for the Sony PSP launch which was highly successful and included celebrity appearances by Wayne Gretzky and Alexisonfire 07:33 Terry talks about a failed news conference where only one freelance writer from CARP Magazine (now Zoomer Magazine) showed up 10:46 Dave talks about when it is a good time to call a news conference. He uses Sir Richard Branson's coming to Toronto to launch a Virgin product in Canada as an example 13:56 Martin Mentions News Theater 18:08 Julie opens up the topic of the future of the news conference 27:11 Terry wraps up the show Our theme music is Streetwalker by Cjacks and is courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network; Roger Dey is our announcer. This week's episode was produced by Samantha Lovelace.
