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Chris Hadfield Could Teach PR Companies a Thing or Two

Jana Schilder | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Cbc, Bill Shatner, Chris Hadfield, Nasa, Public Relations, Canadian Space Agency, Spade Oddity, Bob McDonald, David Bowie, Canada Business News
Jana Schilder

Commander Hadfield is equal part astronaut and PR spokesperson. We have just witnessed the best, longest-running, "good news" PR campaign in years. It was designed to promote interest in space aviation, technology, and science, and by extension the STEM subjects -- science, technology, engineering and math -- to our next generation. Here are his communication strategy and techniques, deconstructed.

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Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Loves Rush

HuffPost Canada Music | Jason MacNeil | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Music
Read More: Indie Music, Video, Rush, Cbc, Trent Reznor, Canadian Music, Trent Reznor Woodstock, Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails Woodstock, How to Destroy Angels, CBC Q, David Bowie, Canada Music News

Trent Reznor is probably a happier camper now that Rush has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Turns out, the Nine Inch Nails frontman...

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The Singing Spaceman -- Yesterday's Future...Today

D.K. Latta | Posted 04.13.2013 | Canada
Read More: David Bowie, Chris Hadfield, Wade Hemsworth, Barenaked Ladies, Robert E. Heinlein, Flight of the Conchords, Emm Gryner, Canada News
D.K. Latta

In an episode of the 2005 BBC Radio "mockumentary" series featuring the New Zealand comic-musicians, Flight of the Conchords, (prior to their TV incar...

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15 Strangest Musical Appearances In Commercials

Huffington Post Music Canada | Anne T Donahue | Posted 01.10.2013 | Canada Music
Read More: Michael Jackson, Suzuki, John Lydon, Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, Strange Ads, Maxell Tapes, Music Commercials, Honda, MC Hammer, World of Warcraft, Devo, Sex Pistols, 50 Cent, Bon Jovi, Pizza Hut, Jon Bon Jovi, Strange Commercials, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Rice Krispies, The Rolling Stones, Weird Commercials, Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne, Sake, Maxell, The Game, Dusty Springfield, Ringo Starr, Taco Bell, The Monkees, Mitsubishi, Artists in Ads, Musicians in Commercials, Rolling Stones, Musicians in Ads, Weird Ads, Canada Music News

These days it's not enough for musicians to simply make music. If you're Jay-Z you buy an ownership stake in a basketball team, if you're Sleater-K...

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