I have never seen Sanjaya, but I know who he is.

At our annual PRWeek Awards dinner on March 8, the occupants of a number of tables from one agency left about 10 minutes before the presentation ended.

My "eureka" moment came when I was riding a streetcar in San Francisco in 2004.

There's a saying in the building-contractor world that goes something like this: There is cheap, fast, and good. At any time, you can have two of those, but you can never have all three at once.

The January 29 issue of BusinessWeek declares the sustainability movement in the corporate world to be "more than PR." That's shorthand to say, "This isn't just for show, it's legitimate."

So-called mainstream editors today are thinking a lot more about what gets picked up on the blogosphere. This is not a wholly bad thing - and PRWeek certainly has its fair share of content linked to by external blogs. But it's not straightforward either.

The most recent thing I bought myself that was not a replacement item or clothing was Bose's new headphones - the style that goes in your ear, not the large, airline-pilot variety.

NEW YORK: As the new chairman of the Council of Public Relations Firms, Marcia Silverman, who is also CEO of Ogilvy PR, will focus the organization's efforts on preparation for and understanding of government legislation and public policy issues.

This week's Editors' Choice special allows us to reflect upon the impact that individuals, programs, and companies have in structuring our reporting of the industry.

For every corporate CEO who is excited by a positive product review on CNET, there are many others who want a woodcut in The Wall Street Journal or nothing - well, at least one accompanying a headline like, "Jane Smith makes investors rich, employees loyal, and customers buy lots of stuff."