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On Monday I had the good fortune to attend the first day of the two day World Public Relations Festival (SMNR here) held by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) in Park Lane, London. A 'world' PR event it ...

Immediate Future has just published a research report on the top brands in social media. From the report, "The immediate future (IF) 'brands in social media' research document, now in its second year, looks to offer topline insight into the ...

Back in April I wrote a critical blog post on Innocent Drinks' foray into using the microblogging platform Twitter for the company's 2008 annual general meeting (AGM). My thoughts were that the company wasn't using the platform to its full ...

Here's a great example of some creative blogger outreach by UK vitamin supplement company, Berocca. You may have read in the New York Times blogging is apparently bad for your health, so what better way to create an online buzz ...

Those number crunchers at professional services firm, Price Waterhouse Coopers, have published some research which concludes that the global entertainment and media market is expected to expand by more than a third over the next five years. Not because of ...

The BBC has recently introduced a new element to the news section of its website which scrapes in (and links to) related content from external news sites. So, for example, if you click on the BBC article about the current ...

Webitpr's just put out a social media news release (full disclosure) for the CIPR's up and coming World Public Relations Conference and Festival. From the SMNR, "The World PR Conference and Festival, organised by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations ...

Drew B points to an interesting article in the New York Times which tells the story of how some of the world's largest technology firms are working together to help combat information overload. Microsoft, Google, Intel and IBM have joined ...