Year: 2006

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #133: May 1, 2006

    Content summary: Another pay for placement scandal; the rise of the non English-language blogosphere; FIR Listener Survey results; Lee Hopkins reports; PR and the education curriculum; kids and communication: Part 1; listeners’ comments discussion; FIR Frappr community update; vote at Podcast…

  • The multilingual blogosphere

    Everyone knows that the blogosphere continues to grow, still doubling in size every six months or so, maintaining a consistent three-year growth trend. But figures so far tend to relate to English-language blogs only. So it’s good to see some…

  • The Kremlin’s PR challenge

    The Financial Times reports on a big task for any PR agency: Russia’s presidential administration has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Ketchum, a US-based PR firm, to advise on communications with western media during its G8 term, which started on…

  • The coolest treadmill

    I’d definitely exercise more if I had one of these: Only five grand. More fun than jogging (especially here in the rain like today) and surely cheaper than a health club membership. (Via Brad Feld)

  • Queen’s Day fun in Amsterdam

    Today is Queen’s Day in The Netherlands (Koninginnedag in Dutch), the day that celebrates the birthday of Queen Juliana, the current Queen’s mother. As this day falls on a Sunday, the day of celebrations – flea markets and street parties…