links for 2005-10-18

Well-known PR measurement expert Katie Paine is blogging about the International Public Relations Research Conference going on in Miami.  She has an intriguing observation which hopefully she’ll elaborate on when she’s not running between sessions: Howard Dean and the DNC would be adviced to carefully study Len Barshak’s ongoing Q-Sort study of attititudes about the…

With the start of the new year, Conversations resumes with a slate of interesting guests and topics already scheduled.

The Center for Media Research reports via email today that: According to JupiterResearch, the number of online adults who prefer the Internet as their main source of news has grown over 35% in the last four years, at the expense of television and newspapers. Currently, over 26% of online adults prefer the Internet for national…

San Francisco Chronicle writes about a city councilor blogging using a government web server.  The article addresses some of the concerns over the use of taxpayer resources to maintain a blog.  It points out that for members of Congress, there are myriad rules and regulations already in place, but for local officials the guidelines tend…

Jason Calacanis takes a look at what the recent changes in the search/portal area mean — and how he sees things going in the future. Another day, another series of amazing changes in our industry. Today Microsoft got into Google’s Adsense business, Yahoo finally admmitted they are in the content business, and Google is getting…

Rocketboom, a nifty little daily web video news spoof site, plans to try subscription fees to monetize their content.  BusinessWeek reports that their current free approach is getting eyeballs. The approach is resonating with viewers. Daily downloads have doubled in the past six weeks, to 50,000. If they stay on that pace, they’ll soon approach…