by Dennis Beaver | advertising, consumer, medicine, television, TV
November 6, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Recently, some of the largest manufacturers of opiates have entered into multi-million dollar settlements for their role in facilitating America’s opiate epidemic,” began an email from “Pete.” “Shouldn’t the same reasoning be...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, contracts
January 05, 2013 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Smaller media markets across America are where newly minted TV journalists get their start. Often earning $10 an hour, working multiple jobs and long hours at the station, their lives aren’t glamorous....
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, business, consumer, language, technology
March 29, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “I was asked to look into Spanish-language-learning programs for our insurance brokerage sales staff. Your past articles are highly critical of Babbel and Rosetta Stone. Their commercials claim to have a method of teaching languages...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, career, consumer, discrimination, employment
September 16, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “There is a huge market – millions of people – that could be a missed opportunity for American business,” says author Susan Golden, who teaches at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is considered one of the...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, lawyers, settlement
January 17, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “You have a reader on the phone who has a deposition scheduled for next week and cannot reach his lawyer. Apparently, they have never met in person.” With that announcement from my paralegal, I immediately took the call, and spoke...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, parenting
April 13, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “My 16 year-old-daughter announced that she and a friend are in the process of becoming internet influencers. They have been in discussions with a small, local company that manufactures specialty dog and cat food – that we have been...
