Analysts say this murkier image threatens one of the company's most profitable assets: the so-called Sony premium, the higher prices long commanded by its electronics products, which still account for 64percentt of revenue, excluding sales between Sony divisions.
The most explicit images threaten to implicate the reader, transforming a sympathetic eye into a voyeuristic one.
On the other hand, the attempt to upgrade Coney Island's image is threatening some of the people who have made a home in its seediness.
"Shell has launched an invasion of children's playrooms in order to prop up its public image, while threatening the Arctic with a deadly oil spill.
Greste was charged with aiding a terrorist group, tarnishing Egypt's international image, and threatening Egypt's national security.
That development is reducing reliance on expensive television advertising time, diminishing the control of consultants over their candidates' images and threatening more fundamental changes.
And a close look at his case offers a glimpse into how the authorities can unearth old indiscretions to discredit critics when the police department's public image is threatened.
How ironic that a businessman who has spent decades meticulously cultivating his own image now threatens to undermine America's brand as "the exemplar of freedom and a beacon of hope" that Reagan celebrated.
According to the L.A. Times, the report follows an internal administration memo that "warned that the city's international image is threatened by the proliferation of litter, abandoned furniture, illegal dumping and homeless encampments".
Tuesday's report, titled "Improving Livability in Los Angeles," comes six months after Santana's office prepared an internal memo that warned that the city's international image is threatened by the proliferation of litter, abandoned furniture, illegal dumping and homeless encampments.
