PR Firms That Blog: Who Got There First

Update: We have added a page to our Wiki that serves as a running list of PR firms that blog.  If you aren't listed, please feel free to edit the Wiki and add yourself.

In the comments to our post on blogging at the world's largest PR firms,...

Discussion Roundup: Ways to Improve Newspaper Websites

There has been some good discussion around our post about how newspapers can improve their web presence. Below is a breakdown of additions to the list suggested (or inspired by) readers. Comments are mine unless otherwise indicated. I’ll update this post with new ideas I come across.

Original List

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Laptops, the Coast Guard, YouTube oh my!

There is an interesting piece on BusinessWeek.com (via Slashdot ) that talks about the Dell Battery Recall program and how the blogosphere “kept the heat on the manufacturers to do something about it and helped the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) conduct an investigation into the burning batteries.”

As mentioned in the BusinessWeek.com article,...

Newspaper Study Translated into Japanese

Our recent report evaluating the use of the Internet by the top 20 Japanese newspapers has been translated into Japanese.

To quickly summarize, the report looks at the differences between the American and Japanese newspaper industries, and how the structure of the two markets have affected the way newspapers utilize the Internet....

9 Ways for Newspapers to Improve Their Websites

We took a long look at the features U.S. newspapers include on their websites a few weeks back. In doing the research, we spent more time than is healthy looking at these things. So we figured we’d use this new found expertise for good and offer the newspaper industry some unsolicited advice on how to improve their websites....