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I was delighted to get an email from John Wolf, senior director of media relations for Marriott International, in response to my complaint about getting poker ads served up on web pages (including my

John Wagner agrees with David Parmet that reaching the right audience is more important than reaching a mass audience.

Time Warner is opening access to online content, but other publishers continue to keep archived content behind a costwall.

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Antonia Zerbisias examines the Liberal accusation that the media was biased towards the Conservative party. Interesting turnaround, since conservative bloggers have been arguing the opposite ever sinc

Strap-on padding takes some of the stress out of walking and standing on concrete floors and other hard surfaces.

The Bad Pitch Blog links to some advice on how to do a pitch correctly,.

Thomas Hawk expresses outrage that the same photo shop that was widely publicized for abusive sales practices in an earlier blogstorm, has resurfaced on two major online shopping sites. Buyer beware,

Jeremy Pepper joins other San Fransisco area PR bloggers in get-togethers to share their thoughts about how to do online PR more transparently and honestly.

Bob LeDrew offers snippets from a Vanity Fair piece on Scott McLellan that eviscerates him.

Gary Goldhammer, an official Nobody, revisits an article he wrote nine years ago about the impersonality of our world.

Clueless ad firm that launched a lawsuit against a blogger who pointed out a dumb error in an ad mockup has dropped the suit after much blogger outrage, and a legal response.

Phil Gomes notes the proposed stiffer penalties for broadcasting content deemed to be indecent in the U.S. The reverberations of Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction continue to echo.

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Katherine Mangu Ward, in Reason Online,

On the Creating Passionate Users blog, a discussion about how negative feedback can be much more useful than bland reassurances, if your goal is to design something that's truly useful. Link via McToo

Richard Edelman reports on what his PR firm is doing to ensure more openness and transparency around social media efforts and word of mouth marketing.

Online organizer, coming in Oct. 2006

On Business Pundit, a look at research that shows practice is the only thing that can get you from good to great.

A survey of CEOs looks at the issues they face in determining company strategy. Link via Shel Holtz http://www.blog.holtz.com/

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