Month: July 2011

  • Seeing PR sense behind latest News International events

    The announcement this morning that News International CEO Rebekah Brooks had resigned provoked near-universal applause on Twitter, from what I could see in my content stream. It was also reported in mainstream media around the world, illustrating quite clearly how…

  • FIR Interview: Cisco’s John Earnhardt on ‘The Network’ social newsroom

    A piece of content that is shared with a friend, or friends, or followers, or the world is the ultimate measurement of its success, says John Earnhardt about Cisco’s new technology news site, The Network. The Network is very much…

  • Making some drama from the NOTW crisis

    Last week, the focus was on the News of The World and phone hacking, culminating in the newspaper’s final edition on Sunday July 10. This week, attention has shifted dramatically as events have moved up level by level to embrace…

  • Next FIR Live – July 30: Every company is a media company

    FIR Live #23 Saturday, July 30, 2011 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm UK Participate or listen in These days, for a variety of reasons, every company needs to be a media company. Call it brand journalism. Call it…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #607: July 11, 2011

    Content summary: Vote for FIR on Podcast Alley; FIR now on Stitcher Radio; first FIR Plus video is up; FIR Live coming July 30 on ‘every company is a media company’, panelists include Tom Foremski, Mark Ragan and Wendy Tenaka…