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  • All change for Reader’s Digest

    News yesterday that a publishing house – almost an institution – is being sold to an investor group for $2.4 billion. Reuters reports that the Reader’s Digest Association is being acquired by buyout firm Ripplewood Holdings who leads the investor…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #190: November 16, 2006

    Content summary: Shel’s in D.C.; the anti-Walmart grassroots website; UK government launches e-petitions; the Reuters/Pluck deal; preparing for US daylight savings time changes in 2007; Casecamp Second Life; putting the public back in PR; Dan York interviews Martyn Davies; listeners’…

  • Pearson to publish book via wiki

    In a move that could shake up the book industry, publishing giant Pearson is joining with two top business schools to create a business book authored and edited by anyone who cares to contribute via a wiki, The Wall Street…

  • Al Jazeera launches in English

    Arab TV network Al Jazeera launched an English-language service yesterday that, inevitably, attracted criticisms in the US and elsewhere where some see the station purely as a mouthpiece for Osama Bin Laden. The station has consistently denied any such linkage,…

  • Casecamp at crayonville Island

    CaseCamp, a marketing ‘unconference’ open to anyone, is holding it’s first event in Second Life on December 14. If you’ve not heard of Casecamp before, the concept is simple – it’s a conference where presenters share case studies of their…