On Pandora.com’s blog as at 4 October 2007: Dear Global Pandorans – It’s been a few (painful) months since we had to begin blocking listeners outside the US. Many of you have been writing in for updates, so we thought it would be useful to post the latest news. Sorry for not having done so sooner. [...]
Tag Archives: broadcast media
The blogosphere is leaking into the real world
From a policeman blogging anonymously about the privations of bureaucracy we get a Panorama edition; and from the (fictional?) accounts of a prostitute, we get a TV drama. First, the blogging bobby: Stuart Davidson has been revealed as the blogger behind The Policeman’s blog. In it, he described how forces spent inordinate amounts of time [...]
Diana: no wonder people are confused
I work close enough to Kensington Palace Gardens to walk around them occasionally at lunchtime. It’s a post-prandial palliative for the pressured world of PR. Today, however, it was quite surreal, more so than usual (it gets surreal occasionally when you are dive-bombed by Canada geese or see terrapins floating around in the pond). Today, it was [...]
It’s all about the data, stupid: Last.fm wins, Pandora loses
Today I read in the Guardian about Last.FM being adopted by Music Week to provide the publication’s first online-based chart. As the piece astutely says: “it’s the data generated by the site’s 20 million enthusiasts that is priceless.” I’m typing this while listening to Pandora, the alternative to Last.fm which I found out about through Seamus McCauley [...]
Add this to your media training – now
What is a website? Lots of things to lots of people but if you’re an interviewee it’s the best way to pre-arm yourself before an interview. This morning, on Today on Radio 4 – yes, I listen to it lots – I overheard an interview between the rottweiler of a man John Humphrys and, it [...]
At worst she feels bad for a while.
Add to New PR • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! What to make of our oh-so-screwed up celebrities then? Lily Allen recently posts on a blog about feeling fat and ugly. This is very conveniently just before she makes her debut on American TV. She gets headlines in the UK and raises her profile. She [...]
Web-as-personalisation is The Next Big Thing
Add to New PR • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! Some food for thought: Videocasting - you can already do this to an extent with YouTube. Person-as-broadcast-brand – the ultimate expression of videocasting could be Justin.TV and it’s here, now. Vertical searches - have been creating a buzz but I don’t think they’re there yet. Niche social networks [...]
Justin.TV – Online all the time.
Add to New PR • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! • Technorati Many years ago I thought how cool it would be if you were to go out with some friends each with a camera strapped to our heads, record an afternoon then to play it back on a split-screen. You’d see what each person [...]
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Feedback foam
- Ian Green: PR still doesn't get social media Ian Green
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
Social spume
- 5 Tips For Politicians on PinterestFrom presidential contenders to school board hopefuls, political candidates are experimenting with a wide variety of social platforms to get their message heard. Some are turning to Pinterest, the explosively popular image-based pinboard site — even President Obama and Ann Romney, wife of Mitt Romney, have accounts on the image-based social network. What’s t […]Alex Fitzpatrick
- 6 Brands Get It Right on ViddyViddy, the hot social video editing and sharing app, has racked up millions of ordinary users and a whole host of celebrity participants. Perhaps leery of video, brands are not signing up to the network quite as fast. Nonetheless, there are some early-adopter corporate Viddy accounts worth checking out. We’ve taken a look at six brands currently using Viddy […]Amy-Mae Elliott
- Top 10 GIFs of the Week1. Getting Down You'll never look at the Power Rangers in the same way again. Image courtesy ruinedchildhood.Click here to view this gallery.It’s been a lively week in the animated image world. We found a GIF of the Power Rangers dancing inappropriately, another of a hugging cat, and one that shows President Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romn […]Samantha Murphy
- Joe Trippi: ‘Texts From Hillary’ Could Help Clinton Win in 2016Joe Trippi, former campaign manager for Howard Dean and author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything, thinks the ultra-popular “Texts From Hillary” Tumblr could help her win the 2016 presidential election because of the public relations boost it’s given her, especially among digitally-savvy young vo […]Alex Fitzpatrick
- 12 Extravagant Instagram Pics by the Rich and Famous1. itsludacris Ludacris doesn't have to worry about a no-parking zone when it's his Ferrari 458 Italia next to a private plane. “Conn. we on the way!!! Show will be crazy tonight!” - LudacrisClick here to view this gallery.We love it when celebs open up their lives to us on social media. Once the envy subsides, we can daydream about the perks of Ho […]Stephanie Buck
- Facebook May Launch Smartphone by Next Year [REPORT]Facebook may be gearing up to launch its first-ever smartphone by next year, a new report suggests. According to The New York Times, engineers have been sought by recruiters to work on building hardware for a Facebook smartphone. This would be the social network’s third attempt to develop a smartphone, the report said, citing sources close to the matter. The […]Samantha Murphy
- Defend Your Home From These 10 ‘Space Invaders’ Accessories1. Space Invader Welcome Mat Welcome visitors to your home with a lone invader for them to wipe their feet on -- sweet revenge for all the times they got zapped by the aliens. Cost: $45Click here to view this gallery.Released all the way back in 1978, Space Invaders has become more than a retro classic — it’s a cultural touchstone for multiple generations, s […]Amy-Mae Elliott
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