Peter Shankman

Who knew Columbia Business School students were creative?

This is brilliant. A bunch of CBS students got together to make a video parodying their dean not getting picked for Fed Chair.

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Why I don’t have a MySpace.com account, reason 847

And why I check to make sure that anyone I hire isn’t in one of these montages, either.

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BREAKING: Sports Club LA dealing with Presidential-size PR Gaffe

From Drudge/Roll Call
Gym Instructor Mocks Bush In Front Of First DaughtersTue Apr 25 2006 10:32:05 ET
A spinning instructor at Washington, DC’s Sports Club/LA mocked President Bush without realizing (believe it or not) that a first daughter was in his class!
ROLL CALL reports: The instructor, Glenn Makl, is said to be horrified to learn after class [...]

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GREAT use of Survey PR by the CDC

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a SPECTACULAR survey, ranking states in the country based on loss of teeth.
Also totally reaffirms who people who DON’T live in flyover country consider to be "hicks."
Top ten: (I’m shocked, shocked to find out that West Virginia is #1…)

#1 
West Virginia
42.8% 

#2 
Kentucky
38.1% 

#3 
Tennessee
32.2% 

#4  [...]

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OINY Drama Continues: You say Potato, I saw Potahto…

One says "quit," the other says "fired and stole our contributor list.
It’s all semantics, really. Point is, we have double the sites to amuse us now.

Dear Peter,
I am writing to Overheard’s top contributors (you’ve suggested 5 or more submissions!) to personally thank you for supporting OINY over the years. It is your participation, more than [...]

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