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geeks gone wild
Steve Jobs's Flack Backstage with the Boss
When Steve Jobs is away, his PR mice will play! A tipster sent us this photo of Apple flack Katie Cotton snuggling up to Bruce Springsteen — apparently at a recent concert in San Jose.
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By Owen ThomasComment by m4ximusprim3: Am I doing it wrong? Because I don't see the boss. or the flack. 6 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
CNBC tech reporter Jim Goldman blew the biggest story on his beat by insisting his "sources inside the company" said Apple's Steve Jobs was in tip-top shape. Do these sources even exist? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by cassandra: Owen, stick to financial stuff like this. You are so much better at it. There are a couple of CNBC reporters... 3 Responses | Other threads
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apple
Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work
If you just look at how thin he is, you'd know it. But now Steve Jobs himself has admitted that his declining health is keeping him from taking the Macworld stage tomorrow.
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By Owen ThomasComment by dogcat: Isn't it funny that Jobs and Wozniak both have weight problems, albeit in opposite directions... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Stock market's fear: Steve Jobs is dying
Since a scary-skinny Steve Jobs showed up last summer to launch a new iPhone, rumors about the Apple CEO's health have circulated. Now, the cancellation of his annual Macworld speech has spooked Wall Street. -
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Steve Jobs must be on the Tesla waiting list, too
What's wrong with this picture? That silver Mercedes almost certainly the Jobsmobile, iPhone Savior believes — except it's not parked in a handicapped spot. There's one right there, ripe for the parking! Here's a wild theory: Apple PR controller Katie Cotton is so concerned about continuing rumors about Jobs's health that she no longer permits him to take the blue spaces — lest someone think he actually needs one. Can you think of a better caption? Leave it in the comments. The best one will become the post's new headline. Yesterday's winner: null, for "It'd hit me."
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By Owen ThomasComment by DrewFinch: Steve Jobs shows off new Tesla 2 Responses | Other threads
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steve jobs
Apple stock has heart attack
Why did Apple shares crater and then rebound this morning? A false report, posted on CNN, that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack. Apple PR chief Katie Cotton has denied it. Why that's not as reassuring as it should be: Cotton shredded her credibility on Jobs's health when she tried to spin a serious illness as a "common bug" earlier this year.
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By Owen ThomasComment by frederic: what the macboys bashing CNN fail to understand is that ireport.comm is user-generated content and a separate web site from... 1 Responses | Other threads
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great moments in pr
Jobs blames hedge funds for health rumors, not Katie Cotton's poor damage control
In an interview after yesterday's iPod refresh announcement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs admitted that he could "stand to gain 10 or 15 pounds," but told CNBC's Jim Goldman "I'm doing fine, really." Jobs said he blamed what Goldman called "the rampant speculation and rumors on the blogosphere about the issue" on "hedge funds with a big short position in Apple." Jobs is wrong. More »
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Comment by frederic: The truth is that Steve Jobs looks more thin, but it's because his borders are more rounded. He's still the same... 1 Responses | Other threads
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great moments in pr
Steve Jobs admits Katie Cotton lied for him
"You think I’m an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he’s above the law, and I think you’re a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong," Apple CEO Steve Jobs told New York Times writer Joe Nocera, in the course of Nocera's reporting on Apple's cult of secrecy. The top subject, of course, is Jobs's health. Jobs insisted on speaking to Nocera off the record, so we cannot know what, exactly, has gone wrong with Jobs's body of late. We do know this much, however, thanks to Nocera: Top Apple flack Katie Cotton, who has long put Jobs's interests above those of Apple shareholders', flat-out lied when she attributed Jobs's gaunt appearance to "a common bug." More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by ErasmusCaterpillar: I think the underlying frustration for Steve is that his health affects Apple's valuation, as if the company is going... more » | Other threads
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Steve Jobs's health leads top Apple flack to contract "common bug" with the truth
The rumors about Apple CEO Steve Jobs's health are a big concern for shareholders. And one would think Apple's head of PR would actively push to clear the air and fight the rumors with a clear statement. But instead of doing her job properly, Katie Cotton has been actively deceiving the public about the state of her indispensable boss's body. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by OliverTwist: This is a really good piece. Not only did you call Apple on its dissembling, but you named a name.... more » | Other threads
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apple
New iPhone just waiting to fall off a truck in the East Bay
The new iPhone that has the panties of Apple fans in a bunch? It's already here. The latest shipment arrived in Oakland on May 6, and was then trucked to a distribution center in nearby Fremont. So if you want to get your hands on one before the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg — if it's not already too late — it might be a better idea to make friends with the International Longshore Workers Union than top Apple flack Katie Cotton. (Photo by AP/Paul Sakuma) -
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Dontcha wish you'd come up with this video?
Hate to say it, but Jason Calacanis had it right: NYT gadget reviewer David Pogue's "iPhone: The Musical" was a trite, derivative, and boring piece of Apple propaganda. But a group of San Francisco webheads have come up with a pitch-perfect take on the iPhone phenomenon. Behold the glory that is "Dontcha Wish Your Cell Phone Was Hot Like Me?" — and after the jump, my take on why this spoof gets it right while Pogue's flopped. More »
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