Author: Neville Hobson

  • Creative Commons version 3 launched

    Creative Commons, the non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to build upon and share, has launched version 3.0 of their copyright licenses. This updated version introduces a number of changes including spinning…

  • Survey on corporate use of social media

    Internal communication research and training firm Melcrum is conducting a survey on social media usage in large companies. A note I received today from MD Robin Crumby said: […] We’ve so far sent the survey to over 20,000 subscribers to…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #218: February 26, 2007

    Content summary: A bad marketing stunt in Boston for Dr Pepper produces apologies from Cadbury-Schweppes; MP3 file format under threat if Microsoft pays Alcatel-Lucent in lawsuit; Steve Rubel’s guide on how to turn Gmail into a personal nerve center; OpenID…

  • Does PR have a duty to tell the truth?

    What a topic for a debate! This took place at the University of Westminster in London last Tuesday: Leading figures of the UK PR world are to hold a debate at the University of Westminster on whether ‘PR has a duty to tell…

  • Rats to KFC

    I saw this video report on BBC World last night about a rat infestation in a KFC restaurant in New York. Yecch! Then I thought, I bet it’s on YouTube. No prizes for that guess. Yes, there’s a video on…