Month: June 2006
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Kremlin PR headaches for Ketchum
President Putin’s right-hand man says that Russia is more than fit to host the G8 summit, The Times reports: The leading Kremlin spin-doctor [Vladislav Surkov] rebuffed Western critics yesterday with a robust defence of President Putin’s democratic credentials in the run-up…
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Shaking the trees at Microsoft
Much talk in the past 24 hours over another key employee leaving Microsoft and going to Google. While most focus is on that, I found this commentary on Mini-Microsoft of more interest, discussing the broader effects in the Microsoft organization…
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Real-world opportunities in Second Life
Lest you think I’m addicted to the latest flavour of Kool-Aid with my recent commentaries about Second Life, this post isn’t to do with the fun times you can spend in world (see, I’m getting to know the lingo). This is…
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Talking about ethics and journalism
Heading off shortly to PriceWaterhouseCooper’s office in Amsterdam for the Future of Journalism / Ethics in Journalism panel session organized by the Club of Amsterdam. I’m speaking on that panel and participating in the open discussion. Imagine: a PR guy talking…