Drew B's take on tech PR: Google hires Scoble as PR chief

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April 01, 2006

Google hires Scoble as PR chief

Robert Scoble has announced that he has been hired by Google to be the firm's PR chief. Here's what he had to say:

Why else did I decide to leave Microsoft? Well, getting 20% of my time back to do whatever I wanted to certainly played a part. Plus, they increased my salary to more than $100,000 and the free food rocks for a fat guy like me!

Technorati Tags: Scoble, Scobleizer, Microsoft, Google, PR

(by the way, this is an April fool. But how many bloggers do you reckon wont get it? Let's check some of the 52 trackbacks and 89 he's received in just a few hours of having posted)

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Drew B's take on tech PR