links for 2005-10-02

Having just returned from 10 days away from the office on business and vacation, I’m left to catch up on several thousand blog posts.  So here are my notes as I blaze through them at a blistering pace, no doubt missing some good stuff, but hopefully enjoying the foam on the cappuccino (OK, I don’t…

DL Byron says YES. Jeff Jarvis says NO.

For most of my life, baseball has been my favorite sport. There’s something soothing about watching a game, especially in person. Baseball has strategy and data — things that I have loved since a young age. It also has cheating. Cheating has been part of the game for generations. Almost exactly a century ago, the…

MarketingVOX: “Consumer still don’t like paying for online content, but resistance has somewhat weakened, according to a new JupiterResearch, writes DM News. Adoption of paid content is up from last year, though 64 percent of adults still say they wouldn’t pay for content to avoid online advertising. However, 31 percent of online adults paid for…

I’m going to start adding a digest of links to interesting articles and blog posts.  These are things that don’t rise to the level of a full individual post, but which many of you may find interesting and informative nonetheless.  Without further ado, here’s the first installment: Outsell Now: A $358 Billion Information Industry by…

Bacon’s acquisition trend continues, this time by picking up broadcast monitoring firm Multivision.  From the press release: Bacon’s Information, Inc., a provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services for public relations, marketing and corporate communications professionals, today announced the acquisition of Multivision, Inc, a broadcast monitoring and media management company headquartered in Oakland,…