A useful press release
NZPA run a press release service called mediacom. Basically PR companies pay a fee and NZPA distribute their press release for them. This means you can pick them up if you receive an NZPA feed (they are in their own category so no one mistakes them for news).
They also distribute these releases to other news organisations, and some time ago added Kiwiblog onto the list. So every day I usually get half a dozen or so releases through NZPA’s Mediacom service.
Most of the time, it isn’t stuff I find particularly useful, but sometimes there is a press release worth waiting for, such as the one I got this afternnon announcing that members of the Blues Rugby Team, and their cheerleaders, were jumping off the Sky Tower. And they even provided a link to photos.
So it allows me to republish the photo, for all the Blues supporters out there!
March 5th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I’m not a Blues supporter, and I think that these are great.
No wait, the cables are attached to the building. Aaah well, better luck next time.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
If they lose against the sharks on saturday they can go straight back up sky tower for another go – difference is I’ll supply the clips
March 5th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
thought rugby players and cheer leaders weren’t allowed to fraternise.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
The rugby players are allowed to fraternise with cheer leaders, that is the tight forwards of course, they are the rugby players
Those make up wearing backs/supporters are all gay, and I have some doubts about loose forwards, one or two have been known to take the field with a comb in their socks.
March 5th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Now, now, goh leave the loose forwards alone. Boot and ruck, stuff the make up queens.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
How is this a useful press release. Unless you count two Blues players looking like they’re taking a shit.
March 5th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
PR for the season I spose Ginger.
Get the fans back in the gates and look like the Akld union has a healthy balance.
They got a big image to uphold in the city of sails… esp with the yachting going on.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Here’s evidence for my theory that willingness to jump from the Sky Tower is inversely proportional to IQ.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:34 am
For a completely effective photo shoot the guys should have been wearing their uniforms too. Look at them – they could be any bogan off the street. Crappy jeans, a selection of old footwear and the the guy on the far left appears to be wearing nomads! The opportunity is for fans to buy merchandise, not make believe they are just like their on field heroes. The degree of separation is where the money collects.
The cheerleaders are fine, till you get to their boots. The blue striping is aesthetically unbalanced. All in all it looks like half arsed dinky town NZ tourists go to Auckland for the day. Smarten up! If you’re going to pay to play the game, play it right.
March 6th, 2009 at 8:10 am
“So it allows me to republish the photo, for all the Blues supporters out there!”
I’m sure they’re both very happy you did.
March 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Weird choice of camera, an old Canon 1DS, I’m surprised any are still used professionally.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
How did they secure the ball? Looks like it has a rope going to it so guess they tied it into the laces…