February 2005

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I Fail, Carry on

Carly Fiorina’s departure (resignation/firing) has been covered everywhere today, such as here, here and here. Dan Gillmor is one of the first to show his disgust at the $21m pay-off. Rather aptly I worked out…


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Daily Mail goes RSS

dotJournalism highlights that the Daily Mail has launched its own RSS feeds. Not sure the housewives of the UK need 19 flavors of RSS from the Mail, including two on motorsport, but good to see…


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Insight into analyst bloggers

Tekrati has insight into why research analysts are blogging, the response they’ve had and their plans for the future. You would think that having a bigger forum to display their insights and having a chance…


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Podcasting and PR

Seems everyone is talking about podcasting at the moment. Here’s a piece from CNN which gives a good overview and some anecdotes. According to this article, Adam Curry’s ‘Daily Source Code’ has built up a…


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Ask Jeeves/Bloglines – done deal

As rumored, looks like the deal went through – CNET and Reuters confirm. The CNET piece has more about Ask Jeeves’ plans for Bloglines, which will be kept as a separate service. Interesting to note…


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Guardian vs Sunday Times RSS catfight

You know RSS has arrived when the UK’s Sunday Times starts talking about it. But The Guardian’s digital director, Simon Walden rightly points out that both The Sunday Times and The Times, don’t have RSS…


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Ask Jeeves to buy Bloglines

In case you haven’t seen this weekend’s acquisition news, it looks like Ask Jeeves is going to buy Bloglines. Confirmation is expected on Monday morning.


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Bloggers are gonna getcha

The Financial Times highlights the PR and commercial impact blogs can have on corporate America. Mike Masnick, chief executive of Techdirt … says most companies are oblivious to blogs and those that are aware do…


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Impact of blogging on magazines

Steve Rubel points to an interesting article in Folio about the impact of blogging on magazines. BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Business 2.0 have all embraced it, while others are clearly cautious. “Bloggers are not competitors of…


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PR is dead or Long live PR?

The poor reputation of PR has long been its source of angst. Recently the actions of Ketchum and the Armstrong Williams ‘Pay for Play’ case have once again brought it ill-repute and embarrassment. It’s not…