Day: August 27, 2002

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:32:23 GMT

The Java battle gets really nasty..and that’s just the publishers
The publishers of Java Developer’s Journal and Java Pro, Sys-Con Media and Fawcette Technical Publications respectively, have taken the gloves off in the battle for advertising revenue. Following an e-mail from Fawcette claiming that Sys-Con was cited for false circulation figures, Sys-Con has gone out on the offensive to address Fawcette’s claims with a full press release response. It looks like this might get worse before it gets better. [More from Sys-Con on the matter]

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:25:28 GMT

The Art of Corporate Blogging…what about some guidelines?
As we know there have been a huge number of articles on the blog phenomenon, from general IT press, to the implications for PR. The blogging theme has now moved to ‘corporate blogging’ or how blogs will impact corporations, knowledge management and communication. Dylan Tweney has a good piece in Business 2.0.

So now everyone’s blogging inside their organization, what are the issues with regard to the company’s liability for disclosure of confidential information, financial regulations etc.? If it’s something you are thinking about, check out the corporate blogging guideline’s from Groove’s founder Ray Ozzie which raise interesting issues such as the impact of employees blogging during the SEC-sponsored quiet periods at the end of athe financial quarter and much more.

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:03:54 GMT

When the PR becomes the story…you get two months inside
The ‘Celeb’ NY PR Lizzie Grubman, who famously mowed down sixteen people outside a niteclub in the Hamptons and then drove off before being found by police two hours later, has been given a two month jail sentence and two hundred and eighty hours community service. Of course the repercussions don’t stop there as there are also a multitude of multi-million dollar lawsuits pending against her.

The Internet (as always) has all the details, here’s the indictment and there’s even a Lizzie Grubman parody site. Of course the New York media haven’t missed any opportunities to enjoy her discomfort.