“Eutrapelia”* is the best single word to describe freelance auto writer John Pearley Huffman. But who would know? Born in San Francisco and raised in Santa Barbara. Calif., he did not take the stage out of town as did his Hollywood actor brother Linus and Tony-Award winning sister Cady. Instead, he opted for a career… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Glenn Campbell
PR Lapses, Surveys, Books and Honorees
American drivers are cutting back on the miles they drive but they are neither slowing down nor lightening up in response to spiking gas prices, according to AutoPacific. The California–based automotive marketing research and product-consulting firm found that only 36% of drivers surveyed were taking their foot off the gas to counter the costs of… Continue Reading
Summer’s Slow News Days
Journalism’s “silly season” of lazy hazy “dog days” brings less news and leaves more time and space to be filled with quirks, quacks and quiddities: The new no battery mechanical system being developed in England, the Flyrbrid, successfully powered this race car at LeMans this year. The Detroit Bureau tells of “a British-designed ‘flybrid’” that… Continue Reading
Time For An Evening News Product?
Is it time for an evening news product? Can drivers be trusted to think? Are car enthusiasts are force with which to be reckoned?
How Tos For The Auto Industry
“Getting Your Ass Kicked By A Really Nice Guy,” penned by David Koretz for MediaPost, uses http://www.craigslist.org versus www.AutoTrader.com as a cautionary about what happens to a company when a guy who thinks completely differently comes along. Koretz says it should “scare the hell” out of publishers when “intrepid entrepreneurs figure out how to displace… Continue Reading