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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #654: June 4, 2012
Content summary: Diary note for the next FIR Live panel discussion on influencer marketing: June 16; update on the CIPR’s PR and Wikipedia initiative; IABC World Conference FIR meetup in Chicago; News That Fits: American Express launches Foursquare deals in the UK; Dan York reports on world IPv6 launch on June 6; Ragan promo; employers poised to monitor employees’ social activities; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Fishburn Hedges survey shows 65% of Britons think social media is…
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Full story: Add your voice to the PR and Wikipedia conversation
Here’s a plea to PR practitioners this Jubilee Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday – give just 15 minutes of your time in contributing your thoughts to the online discussion about public relations and Wikipedia being spearheaded by the CIPR and some members of the Wikipedia community. The discussion is focused on the CIPR’s draft Best Practice Guidelines for Wikipedia that Philip Sheldrake and I outlined in a concise presentation to the Wikimedia UK annual general meeting in London last month.…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #653: May 28, 2012
Content summary: Next FIR Live panel discusses influencer marketing on June 16; LikeMinds 2012 summary; News That Fits: the rise of visual communication; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on a changing media environment in North Korea and Edelman’s report on digital trends in Asia; Ragan promo; CEOs embark on a new era of leadership as they embrace a more connected culture, says global IBM CEO study; content marketing for the masses; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan…
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Full story: Giving you a choice about cookies
A year ago a law – known as Directive 2009/136/EC – came into effect throughout the European Union on the use of cookies on websites, requiring a website owner to seek visitors’ consent to cookies being saved to their computers when they visit a website (more on cookies). Implementing the law in the UK was delayed for a year to give businesses time to become compliant. The Information Commissioner’s Office – responsible for policing the implementation of the UK-specific version…











