WEST Captured at the 2010 event and re-circulated to promote this year’s recent Legends of Riverside TV Racing Film Festival & Legends Gala, this photograph of Carroll Shelby, Parnelli Jones and Dan Gurney (l-r) may become a treasured keepsake of American racing’s golden years. Because the Petersen Automotive Museum calendar is too full to carry… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Glenn Campbell
Burgess and Detroit News Break Up – Again
Scott Burgess and The Detroit News have split, again. After reconciling a much publicized spat when the paper edited one of his columns following a complaint by an advertiser, the erstwhile auto critic left to join AOL Autos as a senior editor. He can be reached at: Scott.Burgess@teamaol.com. . . Let’s hope it was money… Continue Reading
Praise Agents
John McCandless’ Road Reports consulting service was awarded The Suburban Collection account that includes 40 franchises in 30 locations including dealerships in Michigan, Florida and California. Contact Road Reports at: jmccandless@comcast.net . . . Former Ford PR man Michael Phillips informed his WAPA buddies that he is moving on to the Virginia Clean Cities Coalition,… Continue Reading
In Remembrance: Geist, Dolson, Paternie, Mann, Chen
Laura Clark Geist – An Automotive News staffer for five years, an industry freelancer for 19 years and author of two books: Praying Through Cancer and Free From Fear. Gary Dolson – Popular Goodyear Canada PR man. A lengthy, light tribute to him is in Norris McDonald’s Auto Racing column for Wheels, Ca on Feb…. Continue Reading
Dueling Computer Programs
A new computer program that writes news stories may find itself dueling with a new computer program that detects fake stories. Or, they may learn from each other. Steve Lohr, writing in The New York Times, describes the new writing program developed by Narrative Science in conjunction with Northwestern University. Stories produced by the program… Continue Reading