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When Bloggers Attack Part 367
South of the North —
I imagine the original post that started this turd tornado was a funny post and nothing more. Let me stress the "I imagine that ..." part. I'm not a mind reader so I can't even really begin to asses intent. But, I've worked with Brooke and have collaborated with Jared (both instances back in the Lat34 days) they always seemed pretty stand up and professional to me. That's what makes this funny and yes me saying something about it only adds fuel to the fire. But, I don't care this is my blog. I have the microphone and until you nancy's step up with something to contribute ...
Burton Snowboards: Control Denied
Jared Souney: Photography + Graphic Design —
... Brooke then went on to write a blog on her personal site about the current state of the media on her own site. It’s by no means a new topic, and doesn’t mention Burton, but again, the Burton anonymous commenter began dragging the brand through the mud. Making Burton look like a bunch of Social-media challenged nitwits, and making it very clear that the original story should have stayed up in the first place. Somehow, not only had Burton made a small-time story that would have gone away a big deal, they had made a blog about the state of the media into a comment ...
Feelings with Todd Richards
YoBeat: Making Fun of Snowboarding Since 1997 —
... A little lady named Brooke Geery attended this year’s Burton Bash. Being the founder of Yobeat, Brooke decided to recap her experience in the form of a Yobeat article. Apparently the big “B” wasn’t pleased with Brooke’s personal opinions and a battle involving editorial censorship, money, jobs, and even insults ensued. A Burton employee, probably a marketing assistant, janitor, or intern, even read Brooke’s personal blog about the incident, and commented in a rude and nasty tone, making himself, as well as Burton, look ...
A week to remember: Hitler takes a Banana, Bloggers and the FTC, YoBeat vs. Burton, Hoon changes another diaper
South of the North —
... and THEN Brooke responded on her personal blog here with a post that said " dudes, I'm a journalist, what's the big deal? " So, now the original post is back on YoBeat. Phew. Anyway, my take on this he said/she said is that like many things on the Interweb, it's probably blown way out of proportion. Everyone is speculating about new media, crazy, eye-ball strategies and something that is more complex than the Da Vinci code. Honestly, I got bored after ...
Stevens Pass Opening Day Faceshots
YoBeat: Making Fun of Snowboarding Since 1997 —
... Once upon a time Stevens Pass Marketing Guy Matt Gormley emailed us asking us to take down a story and we did it. You may or may not know about our policy for removing articles, but let’s just say, if he can convince us to take something down, he can certain get us to put something up. True story. So here’s the word from Stevens opening day yesterday, Nov 19th. ...
