An evolutionary development in mainstream media engagement with readers and others by The Guardian in the UK, which has launched Comment is free: Comment is free is a major expansion of Guardian comment and analysis on the web. It is a collective group blog, bringing together regular columnists from the…
I can’t imagine how I missed Time for the last post, a story in the Financial Times last month (I read the online paper daily) – a lengthy commentary on blogs, blogging and bloggers. It’s not the usual mainstream media blog-analysis guff. Written by Trevor Butterworth, it’s a sharp and…
I had dinner last night with an old friend who’s in town for a few days on a business visit. Much of our conversation centered on social media, technology and the results of some of the developments we’re likely to be seeing in the next few years in areas such…
Two interesting business events that might appear separate but are in fact closely related: From BBC News: Shares in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have jumped by 30% on Monday following speculation of a bid war. On Friday the LSE rejected a £2.43bn ($4.2bn) bid from the New York-based exchange…
Shel and I had quite a robust discussion about the Wal-Mart and Edelman blogger relations campaign yesterday in show #119 of FIR: The Hobson & Holtz Report. The first time we’ve engaged in debate in the style (without the politics) of CNN Crossfire, the TV debate show that ran for…
Content summary: An introduction from our “sponsors”; more podcasting for the IABC conference; podcast listener measurement and advertising; should all PR pros blog?; update on Wal-Mart, Edelman PR, transparency and disclosure; the role of Flash and Ajax in online communication; Lee Hopkins reports; listeners’ comments discussion (Macfan and Heidi Miller’s…
Some interesting moves going on with the free WordPress.com hosted blog service in the area of ease of use in design and layout that adds to its attraction as an alternative to TypePad, the hosted service you pay for. Coming this week are WordPress Sidebar Widgets, functionality that lets you…
As someone who’s moderated a few conference panels in recent months, and is preparing for doing another one in June, I found Guy Kawasaki’s tips on how to be a great moderator quite useful: Don’t over-prepare the panelists. Do prepare yourself in advance. Never let panelists use PowerPoint. Never let…
