4 PR lessons from the backlash over HBO’s ‘Confederate’
‘Our mistake was thinking that we would be able to announce an idea that was so sensitive and require so much care in a press release,’ said the network’s president of programming.
How you announce a new offering can go a long way toward ensuring or hindering its PR and marketing success.
HBO recently highlighted that lesson after viewers lashed out at the network for a trailer of its upcoming show “Confederate.” The trailer was accompanied by a press release highlighting the show’s creators, D.B. Weiss and David Benioff (who also created “Game of Thrones”).
.@HBO announces drama series CONFEDERATE, created by @GameOfThrones creators/showrunners David Benioff & D.B. Weiss: https://t.co/ZDwjyx8gkf
— HBO PR (@HBOPR) July 19, 2017
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