Month: July 2011

  • A sign of things to come

    We see constant news reports these days of layoffs in technology, banks, the media and other industry sectors. The reasons are varied but commonly relate to taking drastic action to restructure and, in some cases, even survive as going concerns.…

  • FIR Live #23 – July 30, 2011: Every Company is a Media Company

    As newsrooms shrink and people seek more and more content online, companies can help tell their stories through the production of great content that isn’t marketing- or PR-driven. Tom Foremski, who coined the phrase "Every company is a media company,"…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: July 2011 SF Curators Salon

    Tom Foremski (of Silicon Valley Watcher) and Oliver Starr (chief evangelist from Pearltrees) started the SF Curators Salon a few months back. It’s an informal gathering of folks from the San Francisco Bay Area who are interested in content curation…

  • C-Suite perspectives on social media (they get it, sort of)

    ZDNet reports on a new survey of senior executives where those surveyed are clear that social media is crucial to customer care from a listening and monitoring perspective, but they’re not so clear on who is responsible for engaging with…

  • NLA licensing creates FUD says Meltwater

    The idea of having to pay to share links to online content published by the mainstream media is one that has stimulated much debate in the UK in recent months. Not only that, it’s generated strong opposition in the PR…