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Full story: Defining the press release
Richard McManus recounts an email exchange with Business Wire in which the news distribution service said companies and marketers can use Business Wire to bypass journalists and bloggers to get into key news sources like Techmeme and search engine results. Is it true? asks Richard, who proceeds to answer his own question: […] I think it’s a fair claim – and there’s no reason why Business Wire shouldn’t feature in Techmeme if it is ‘breaking’ news stories or is being…
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Full story: Ten Chinese superlatives
In The Economist this week, there’s a fascinating feature about China and the country’s development of its infrastructure – roads, railways, airports, etc. As with much of the writing in The Economist, it’s a well-written and compelling piece that draws you into the story. And what a story. With almost every paragraph, I felt bombarded, smacked in the face with fact after fact of which many are real eye openers. For instance: Beijing’s new airport terminal – the world’s largest…
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Full story: FIR Report: IABC EuroComm 2008
The seventh annual IABC EuroComm Conference took place in Barcelona, Spain on February 4-5, 2008. This professional development event, organized by IABC Europe and Middle East Region in cooperation with La Salle University, Barcelona, brought together communicators from across the region to learn and share best practices, examine case studies and discuss the latest developments in communication planning, practice and analysis. Further information on The EuroComm Blog 2008. FIR listener and IABC member Ronna Porter was there and provides commentary…
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Full story: Cut from FIR #319
Overflow from today’s FIR #319: 1-Minute News The continuing difficulty in leaving Facebook Social media release functionality among the news wires Download FIR Cuts MP3 – Leaving Facebook (3:41) | SMR functionality (3:08) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)
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