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Full story: Making FT.com compelling
London-based publishing conglomerate Pearson – owner of the Financial Times, among other companies – announced its half-year financial results this morning. Market watchers seem pleased with Pearson’s performance. One item in the press release caught my eye: […] FT.com benefits from launch of innovative new access model involving registration for access to more than five articles per month. Subscribers maintained at around 100,000, while registered users increase more than three-fold from almost 150,000 at the end of 2007 to 500,000…
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Full story: No need for speed
I’ve been thinking about speeding lately. Rather, the consequences of speeding. In April, I was snapped by this speed camera in London doing 34mph in a 30mph limit. I didn’t realize it until a notice of intended prosecution arrived in the mail from the Metropolitan Police about a week later. In the UK, admitting a traffic violation like this attracts a £60 fine plus three penalty points on your driving license. (If you don’t admit it, the police will institute…
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Full story: FIR Live Call-In Episode #7: July 26, 2008
Content summary: The FIR Live call-in episode on BlogTalk Radio. Our topic: At what stage do marketers and communicators really need to get to grips with new communication tools? Listen to FIR Live now: [display_podcast] Get FIR Live: Download the MP3 file (27.4Mb, 59:55) Subscribe to the FIR RSS feed Get the show at iTunes Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com;…
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Full story: Political leadership past, present and future
Watching the TV coverage this morning of US presidential candidate Barack Obama’s visit to London this weekend, and reading much of the online media and blog commentaries, I was struck by the imagery suggested by a montage I’ve mixed together of some separate photos of different events during the visit. What these images say to me very clearly is past, present, future. In case you’re not familiar with who’s in these photos with Barack Obama (he’s the one with the…
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Full story: New Skypephones coming
If you have a 3 Skypephone, or are thinking about getting one, you might be interested in this news – a new model of the mobile device, dubbed Skypephone S2, will be in 3’s UK stores on August 18. I saw the new model (pictured; click the image for a larger version) on Monday at an event in London organized by 3mobilebuzz. They had invited a number of bloggers to see what new phones and other devices mobile operator 3…
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