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Embargoes are Such a Buzz-Kill
I had the opportunity to be a guest on WDIV's Flashpoint yesterday. The show is the Detroit NBC affiliate's micro-sized version of Meet The Press. As you'd expect from a Meet The Press Detroit version — it was all about the auto industry, and this week the topic of the 2008 Detroit Auto Show was front and center. While I got a chance to talk about the enthralling topics of fuel economy (via GM's garbage-laden ethanol announcement on day one of the show), the marketing hype that is the hybrid and of course, GM and jobs. How exciting. I didn't get a chance to talk about the one thing I really wanted to talk about — the issue of "buzz." More »
3:30 PM on Mon Jan 21 2008
By Ray Wert
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Latest by eltonito: @Ray Wert: Thinking of it beyond the actual reveal, it doesn't seem like many cars have any press or buzz more than a few weeks before and after the reveal. This is the real issue - the iPhone and the more »
