Month: October 2008

  • FIR Live panel discussion on the value of PR for startups set for Nov 7

    In the wake of several high-profile posts suggesting startup CEOs can do their own PR just as effectively as a professional, we’ve put together a panel to discuss just what value startups get from working with agencies. The panel includes…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #390: October 20, 2008

    Content summary: Podcast Awards announced (no nomination for FIR); Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on journalistic regulations in China and nationalism in South Korea; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop (Sarah Wurrey’s final MMM); News That Fits – Michael Dell…

  • Gold Quill now includes social media

    If you’re an IABC member, you’ll likely have received by now the brochure about this year’s Gold Quill Awards, the annual international competition to identify and recognize the best communication work. My copy arrived in the post this morning, and…

  • Twitter mainstream

    Quite a bit of commentary in the blogosphere and twittersphere greeted the news that pop icon Britney Spears now has a Twitter account (actually started on October 10). Known as therealbritney, Spears’ presence on the micro-blogging service is the front…

  • A little Latin flavour

    A part of the world that’s not constantly front-of-mind for many people in the UK is Latin America. One country that’s an integral part of that region is Costa Rica, nowadays a popular holiday destination and a place I call…