Show #276 - September 17, 2007

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Content summary

Report on UK business blogging survey; upcoming FIR interview with Forrester Research analysts; the crayon brouhaha; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; IDC survey: bosses warm up to social networking on company time; missing Madeleine: the McCanns up the communication stakes, gain influential support for legal fund; Ogilvy PR's blogger outreach code of ethics; addressing a real crisis at Northern Rock; Lee Hopkins reports; news about Thursday's show; the music; and more.

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Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Lee Hopkins
Listeners' comments: Held over until show #277

Links

http://www.infernopr.com/
http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/09/14/blogs-drive-business-opportunities-uk-survey/
http://www.crayonville.com/blog/?p=344
http://adage.com/adages/post?article_id=120341
http://studentpr.com/blog/2007/09/10/joseph-jaffes-crayon-effectively-out-of-business/
http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/09/14/advertising-age-uses-a-yellow-crayon/
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/social-networking/59315.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Corporates_cosy_up_to_start_networking_sites_like_Orkut/articleshow/2374067.cms
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/IBD-0001-19022619.htm
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/738279/McCanns-hire-Hanover-PR-face-media-onslaught/
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/738191/McCanns-PR-talks-Phil-Hall/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6997429.stm
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hRGEYG44Rl0TPh5oTz0Pgz1LtQYA
http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=238
http://www.prworks.ca/index.php/ogilvy-prs-blogger-outreach-code-of-ethics/
http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/09/09/a-good-pitch-that-counters-the-bad-pitches/#comment-61494
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hSYni38kXoJs2GSkvatqTsaCwnQw
http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=northern%20rock
http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/364234/northern-rock-website-struggles-to-cope-with-strain.html
http://www.leehopkins.net/
Today's music: Don't Even Care by The Shillas - http://www.myspace.com/theshillas

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• Neville Hobson