Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Justices Side With Gun Owner Who Concealed Arrest in Japan. When Gary Small walked into a sports store in Delmont, Pa., to buy a pistol, he probably did not see himself as the central figure in a Supreme Court case. By By DAVID STOUT. [NYT > Home Page] Last sentence in the opinion was that Congress could "fix the language"  duh, how much forethought does it take to add the phrase domestic, US court to the word any court?  All the time it takes these guys to get a law passed, you'd think they would be looking toward the end result enough to put some clear language in.  Sometimes I just think the Surpremese are glorified maids sweeping up after sloppy language. 3:47:31 PM    comment [] http://accessibleairwaves.org/ so - sounds like the United Church of Christ created an ad with some drama to it that makes the point they don't disallow people from attending.  Major networks wouldn't run it??? Bloggers took up the charge.  weird part is that I stumbled on this from a company (Issues Dynamic, I think) that is starting something called blogger relations for companies. Now, let me get this straight.  One of the reason the MSM probably didn't want to run the UCC ad is that the PR and marketing people told them it would probably piss off the conservatives who for some reason, have POWER these days... at least in the mind of the PR types who, based on the ones I've met are some of the most head in the sand rather than nose to the wind types I've ever met.  Now, we have blogger relations that will do the same? Sounds like we need to move again... reminds me of the story of the people who kept moving everytime someone built within 5 miles of their house. 2:56:45 PM    comment [] Gain Some, Lose Some. Dutch newspaper Volkskrant lost 4,717 paying subscribers to the print edition in Q4 2004, but at least its new digital edition managed to attract 10,000 paying subscribers. For 150 per year (instead of 244 for the print version), they still get the thick Saturday issue delivered to their homes, plus they get a daily digital edition which is an exact copy of the print version. The HOI Institute for Media Auditing, which tracks circulation figures of newspapers and magazines, also is now counting digital-edition subscribers (as long as it is like the printed counterpart) as well. The free Volkskrant website has a (...) Entry continued... By monique@vandusseldorp.com (Monique Van Dusseldorp). [Poynter E-Media Tidbits] 2:42:11 PM    comment [] Instructor fined over rock fall. A newly-qualified instructor is fined after a woman was paralysed when she fell from rocks as a result of an ambiguous "let go of the rope" order. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] A moment of spoken word mistake and a lifetime of regret.  Strikes me how many people go throug their whole lives mispeaking without causing long term harm and this guy makes "one little mistake" and the reprecussions are tremendous.  Feel likes bad karma to me.  2:36:58 PM    comment [] Blog Smart Outline, and Thoughts on Content Strategy [Edu_RSS] Interesting theme that it is all about content.. web, blog whatever ever,,, when the flash fades, we want to read things that are of interest to us.  Course, if blogs end up goint the way of MSM and web sites, we will, sigh, once again have to find a place to hide out where the PR people can't find us.  Why can't we outsource those JOBS??? 2:33:52 PM    comment [] IBM Top Execs Forego Pay Raise for Now, CEO Says (Reuters). Reuters - IBM's top 50 executives have agreed to forego any salary increase until business at the world's largest computer company recovers, its chief executive told IBM shareholders on Tuesday. [Yahoo! News: Technology] 2:23:32 PM    comment [] Gain Some, Lose Some [Edu_RSS] 1:54:15 PM    comment [] Paul Graham Explains PR [Edu_RSS] Intresting article on how PR uses MSM.  Great example on Suits are BACK 1:50:18 PM    comment []

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