Congress to Hold Hearing on Blogs

One of the things I plan to do with InterAdvocacy is to show different techniques being employed by groups in their online advocacy efforts.  Needless to say, I won’t agree with all of the groups or even techniques I feature, but these are ideas that seem worth sharing. Today, MoveOn.org‘s contribution page drew my attention. …

Today, I stuck the proverbial fork into Cork & Knife. In some ways, it was a difficult decision. In others, it was a no-brainer. Let me explain. When I started Cork & Knife over a year ago, I did so because I had a passion for fine food and drink and felt there was a…

I attended the Word of Mouth Marketing Association’s WOMBAT conference today in San Francisco.  Day 1 had a number of good panels, including one which covered some research about how people respond to word of mouth recommendations and whether online opinion matters.  Interestingly, the research suggested that about 90% of word of mouth recommendations come…

CBS News buys Wallstrip (tags: MandA media) Getting The Story Straight (tags: MandA angelinvesting vc) Bringing Editorial Calendars Into the Social Sphere Steve raises the interesting concept of bloggers publishing editorial calendars (tags: media blogs) At Journal, Slim Margins Open Door to Murdoch – New York Times My obsession with the WSJ/Murdoch story continues… (tags:…

We have taken a few steps forward with CustomScoop Personal Edition today.  First, we introduced a mashup with Google Maps that shows pushpins for every location in which you have a clip.  It easily allows you to see any geographic patterns to your recent news coverage. Currently, we have geocoded most newspapers and certain other…

Today I interviewed Scott Cleland, a Washington-based analyst who has been following Google for years. He seems to relish being a bit of a contrarian and in the interview he talked about the increasing power of Google and why that’s bad for consumers. He also opposes net neutrality, something that many of you will no…