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December 13, 2006
NYT Adds Sharing Icons to News Stories, Not Blogs
“The Old Gray Lady wants you to share the link love. The New York Times added social news buttons to news stories on its website today. When you’re reading the NYT online, you’ll have the option of posting a link to Digg, Facebook or Newsvine.”
Battle Brewing Over “Iconistan”
“There’s a turf war heating up over a strip of web real estate called ‘Iconistan.’ You won’t find this mythical land on a map, as Iconistan exists only at the bottom of blog posts. It’s where that little crowd of icons gathers, begging you to post a bit of news to Digg, Reddit, del.icio.us and various other social news and community sites.”
Back to the Future Timeline
“Each event described in this timeline is either depicted in the films (or on newspapers or other artifacts depicted in the films), in the novels, in screenplays to the films, or described in interviews by the Bobs (director/co-writer Robert Zemeckis and producer/co-writer Bob Gale).”
Boatloads of iTunes Tips
“We’ve posted boatloads of iTunes hacks, workarounds, features, screenshots and tips over the past 2 years. But today I’d like to highlight some of the lesser-known but super-useful iTunes features available in the latest version.”
FTC to Crack Down on Stealth Marketing (related Wired piece with good comments)
“…some buzz marketing firms are deceiving consumers by failing to disclose that they are paid endorsers, the [FTC] should investigate… and issue guidelines so that buzz marketers may clearly understand what the law is.”
PR tip No. 43 > Be strong in countering incorrect points or negative questions, as seen in this video:
Random Audio Clip of the Post
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