AltWeeklies Wire
Gov. Sanford & the Dos and Don'ts of Making Over a Ruined Reputationnew
We assembled a sort of pro bono crisis management team to determine what image is really worth and whether or not a tarnished reputation like Sanford's can be fixed.
Charleston City Paper |
Kinsey Labberton |
09-30-2009 |
Politics
Vanilla Mike? Rebranding Tyson for the Age of Obamanew

Can Mike "clean up" enough to attach his name to video-game sales, as his new advisers Harlan Werner and Damon Bingham want him to? As Bob Dylan has done with Victoria's Secret? And George Foreman with hamburger grills?
Las Vegas Weekly |
John Lombardi |
05-14-2009 |
Movies
Has Phoenix Finally Arrived?new
This newly hopeful vision of Phoenix is one that's pretty easy to support these days, because the fifth-largest city in the country has lately been looking like, well, the fifth-largest city in the country.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
09-30-2008 |
Culture
Richard Thalheimer's Run With Sharper Image is Overnew
Dumped as head of the San Francisco-based retailer last September, and banished from its board at year's end, Thalheimer's remaining connection to the company he founded 30 years ago was severed in May.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
10-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
The Clothes--and Gel and Lotion--Make the Mannew
Long overlooked by the appearance industry, guys are now a prime target audience.
See Bush Twitch: Split Screens Give President a Disadvantagenew
Here is today’s received wisdom—split screens kill. There was John Kerry looking calm, making his points. And there was George Bush, twitching, slouching, rapidly blinking as he listened.
The Village Voice |
Ta-Nehisi Coates |
10-01-2004 |
Politics