The Future of Media Round Up features the top articles and blogs curated by Bateman Group each month on the issues and events related to the convergence of technology, media and communications.

Bateman Group’s Lisa Melsted comments on Facebook hiring Burson-Marsteller to start a whisper campaign about Google and their privacy problems and the subsequent mutual fingerpointing after it was exposed.

When I woke up this morning, I found emails from five different coupon sites offering me five distinct local deals. I’m as hooked on these types of sites just as much as the next person. Apparently venture capitalists are too, having valued Groupon at $15B and LivingSocial at $2.9B. Other established Internet companies have also [...]

Good News Comes in Twos! Bateman Group Expands Relationship with Recyclebank and Opens Park Slope Office

On Tuesday, March 1st, Bateman Group along with fellow boutique PR agencies Mindshare PR, Kulesa Faul, Page One PR and Borders+Gratehouse co-hosted the third in an ongoing series of professional development events.

Having worked in San Francisco for the past three years, I’ve worked for and with several startups. I’ve brushed shoulders with PayPal great Max Levchin and sat next to many well-known startup entrepreneurs who I didn’t recognize and may never get to know personally. So recently, I decided to roll the dice and see if [...]