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Embargo breakers: A hack explains the flacks
Nick Douglas · 05/11/06 09:00AMHarvard embargoes a press release on curing the blind, then sends a one-hour correction to the whole recipient list. Just wanted to give y'all a heads up so this news can break a whole hour earlier — after everyone sits on it for four days. The journo who passed this on explains why these embargoes happen:
Snacky or Flacky semifinals: Brooke Hammerling vs. Margaux Vega
Nick Douglas · 05/10/06 08:48PMIt's gonna be tough. But you can pick. Who is more deserving of battling another PR peep for the title of the Snackiest Flack? Brooke Hammerling comes from her own firm, Brew PR; Margaux Vega is a rising star at major firm Weber Shandwick. Will the co-worker votes win it, or will a pure snackiness meritocracy decide this round?
Snacky or Flacky semifinals: Paula Gould vs. Terra Carmichael
Nick Douglas · 05/10/06 08:22PMSnacky or Flacky stage 2: Margaux and Brooke win
Nick Douglas · 05/09/06 08:05PMTwo gentleman learn the meaning of "glass ceiling" in what's less a victory for open source and more a sad confirmation that this blog won't get me thousands of fawning female fans. Weber Shandwick's Margaux Vega beats co-worker Jeremy Pepper, and Brew Media's Brooke Hammerling takes a landslide — no, a massive tectonic event — win over Ogilvy's Justin O'Neill.
Snacky or Flacky Stage 2: Jeremy Pepper vs. Margaux Vega
Nick Douglas · 05/08/06 09:17PMJeremy Pepper is dead in the water. The PR blogger knows he has no chance in the latest Snacky or Flacky round against his Weber Shandwick co-worker Margaux Vega — hell, even he's voting for her. But can we at least make Jeremy's exit smooth and painless? After else, who else would be brave enough to face a face-off with the stellar Margaux?
Snacky or Flacky Stage 2: Justin O'Neill vs. Brooke Hammerling
Nick Douglas · 05/08/06 09:08PMCould one man have the chance of winning over a woman in a Valleywag Hotties face-off? If anyone, it'd be Ogilvy employee Justin O'Neill, who recently trounced Google uber-hottie Nathan Tyler. But Justin's up against Brooke Hammerling, a publicist for Larry Ellison's non-Oracle properties, recently spotted hanging with local journalists and bigshots at a NetSuite party on Larry's yacht. Well, kids, you decide: who gets to stay in Snacky or Flacky for one more round?
Snacky or Flacky Stage 2: Paula and Terra win — for now
Nick Douglas · 05/08/06 08:54PMBeing Jeremy Pepper
Nick Douglas · 05/08/06 06:06PMSnacky or Flacky stage 2: Terra Carmichael vs. Kay Luo
ndouglas · 05/05/06 06:49PMStage 2 of Snacky or Flacky, Valleywag's PR hotties tourney, continues as Yahoo publicist Terra Carmichael faces off with Simply Hired publicist Kay Luo.
Snacky or Flacky stage 2: Paula Gould vs. Steve Langdon
ndouglas · 05/05/06 06:08PMWelcome to Stage 2 of Snacky or Flacky, Valleywag's PR hotties tourney.
Snacky or Flacky prelims: The increasingly innacurate results
ndouglas · 05/05/06 05:48PMSnacky or Flacky prelims, round 8: Margaux Vega vs. Dianna Mangiatini
ndouglas · 05/04/06 09:19PMThese two lovely young ladies hail from PR firm Weber Shandwick, which snatched them up before they even turned 25 (the "over the hill" age adjusted for the PR industry). Now they're the two final entrants for Snacky or Flacky. You've got all night to vote.
Snacky or Flacky prelims, round 7: Jeremy Pepper vs. Miles Perkins
ndouglas · 05/04/06 08:44PMFinally, some testosterone! Or, well, some guys at least. Of these two male "Snacky or Flacky" contestants, one knows how to make beautiful noise — the other, well, at least he makes noise. Ladies and gentleman, publicist Miles Perkins of Industrial Light and Magic, and blogger Jeremy Pepper of Weber Shandwick (founder of Pop! PR)
Snacky or Flacky prelims, round 6: Lauren Strain vs. Brooke Hammerling
ndouglas · 05/04/06 12:10PMSnacky or Flacky prelims, round 5: Nathan Tyler vs. Justin O'Neill
ndouglas · 05/04/06 11:38AMOgilvy PR man Justin O'Neill faces a tough challenge in this morning's round of Snacky or Flacky, the Valleywag PR hotties tourney. Justin may have a sweet Facebook profile that shows his charming personality — but Google PR consultant Nathan Tyler's got a posse. The last time Nathan was on Valleywag, commenters wrote, "Nathan Tyler's hotness is so unstoppable, he's personally responsible for that whole "Greenland is melting" global warming thing." But you wouldn't let looks decide everything, would you?
Snacky or Flacky: Terra Carmichael and Kay Luo officially snacky
ndouglas · 05/04/06 11:38AMSnacky or Flacky prelims, round 4: Susan Best vs. Kay Luo
ndouglas · 05/03/06 06:10PMSusan MacTavish Best pimped her client (and partner in crime), Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster, in the original Valleywag Hotties tourney. She must have known she couldn't escape a similar fate this time around, so here she is, in a face-off against Kay Luo. Kay is the Simply Hired marketing director who thought up a promo with Dogster: the Simply Hired dog-friendly workplace search. Who's it gonna be, the lady behind the friendly purple forum or the puppy-loving PR princess?
Snacky or Flacky prelims, round 3: Dina Freeman vs. Terra Carmichael
ndouglas · 05/03/06 05:09PMOh no, fans of Yahoo spokesfolks Dina and Terra! You HAVE TO CHOOSE. Vote today for the snackiest flack in Round 3 of Snacky or Flacky.
Snacky or Flacky prelims: Scandal and Mayhem
ndouglas · 05/03/06 02:01PMRounds 1 and 2 of the Snacky or Flacky prelims (the first rounds in Valleywag's PR-hotties tourney) gave us a real victory and a fake-out. The honest-as-Woz victor was TagWorld's Paula Gould, who whipped ShopWiki's Carlos Odio, 337 votes to 130. Sorry Carlos, we'll always have a special place for you in our little black book.