Anyone cover the New York Liberty?

BYH · Jul 15, 2006

Smasher_Sloan said:

hockeybeat said:

BitterYoungHack said:

journalist4life said:

Look on their web site and call every single number on the contacts page. Someone will be able to put you in touch with them. A reporter at my paper tried to get a hold of a local player who is on an NFL roster and it took four days for them to get back with them. Just keep calling. It's the freaking WNBA, they need all the press they can get.
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It's also Madison Square Garden, whose idea of media relations is to take a giant cleveland steamer on you and ask why you didn't come prepared with toilet paper.
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Terd Ferguson said:

Good luck with that.
Madison Square Garden/New York Liberty staff are the most uncooperative people I have ever dealt with. They seem to think being assholes is a great way to promote a product nobody gives a crap about.
BYH sums it up about right. Nicely done.
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The low-level staffers will be helpful. The higher-ups will slap you in the face with your own dick and ask you how you liked it.
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Sometimes the level of help you get corresponds to the amount of clout you have. It's a harsh and pragmatic world, especially in New York.
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I'd agree with you on certain teams there (and I KNOW you know what team in particular I'm talking about), but this is the freaking Liberty, which is not by any stretch of the imagination a marquee team. The WNBA is a niche sport and most niche sports are good about welcoming any and all attention they can get. I'm sorry, but they're not that much further up the chain than independent league baseball.

The only decent experience I ever had witih MSG PR was for a niche team...the old Arena Football team that played at the Garden. I was writing a silly ass filler preview for some publication and the PR guy had, no exaggeration, eight people call my house for interviews. I was like, hell, it's only 800 words, stop calling me.

So MSG can be decent with a niche team. Of course, they probably think the Liberty are their flagship franchise. Then again, they might be.

Smasher_Sloan · Jul 15, 2006

This would be a good time for the original poster to provide an update on this adventure.

hockeybeat · Jul 15, 2006

BitterYoungHack said:

Smasher_Sloan said:

hockeybeat said:

BitterYoungHack said:

journalist4life said:

Look on their web site and call every single number on the contacts page. Someone will be able to put you in touch with them. A reporter at my paper tried to get a hold of a local player who is on an NFL roster and it took four days for them to get back with them. Just keep calling. It's the freaking WNBA, they need all the press they can get.
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It's also Madison Square Garden, whose idea of media relations is to take a giant cleveland steamer on you and ask why you didn't come prepared with toilet paper.
Click to expand...

Terd Ferguson said:

Good luck with that.
Madison Square Garden/New York Liberty staff are the most uncooperative people I have ever dealt with. They seem to think being assholes is a great way to promote a product nobody gives a crap about.
BYH sums it up about right. Nicely done.
Click to expand...

The low-level staffers will be helpful. The higher-ups will slap you in the face with your own dick and ask you how you liked it.
Click to expand...

Sometimes the level of help you get corresponds to the amount of clout you have. It's a harsh and pragmatic world, especially in New York.
Click to expand...

I'd agree with you on certain teams there (and I KNOW you know what team in particular I'm talking about), but this is the freaking Liberty, which is not by any stretch of the imagination a marquee team. The WNBA is a niche sport and most niche sports are good about welcoming any and all attention they can get. I'm sorry, but they're not that much further up the chain than independent league baseball.

The only decent experience I ever had witih MSG PR was for a niche team...the old Arena Football team that played at the Garden. I was writing a silly ass filler preview for some publication and the PR guy had, no exaggeration, eight people call my house for interviews. I was like, hell, it's only 800 words, stop calling me.

So MSG can be decent with a niche team. Of course, they probably think the Liberty are their flagship franchise. Then again, they might be.
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C'mon! The Rangers made the playoffs, unlike the Knicks and the Liberty will miss the playoffs. Clearly, the Rangers are MSG's flagship franchise! :

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