Here are my top industry stories for today’s #Friday5 round up: Silicon Valley, Vocus, Twitter and Youtube vs Facebook video: How Vanity Fair anointed Silicon Valley the new media capital of the world (The Washington Post, October 11, 2014) There’s always...

Tech companies seem to be lining up to go public these days. And while that decision is generally a financial one, many companies also recognize an IPO as a chance to build their brand and generate buzz and awareness … if it’s done correctly. In order to set yourself...

Here are my top industry stories for today’s #Friday5 round up: Vault, Magazine Media 360, Hong Kong, Twitter Fabric and Facebook Healthcare:  With New Ad Platform, Facebook Opens Gates to Its Vault of User Data (New York Times, September 28, 2014): As...

Here are my top industry stories for today’s #Friday5 round up: Corporate News, Facebook Ads, Ello, Social Media Week and Pew Research:  The invasion of corporate news (Financial Times, September 19, 2014): Although this technically hit last week, I...

Here are my top industry stories for today’s #Friday5 round up: PR Museum, YouTube Revenue, NFL, News Corp. and Radio. Museum to Hone Image of the P.R. Profession (New York Times, September 14, 2014): Who wants to take a field trip to the new Museum of...

In 2011, Eli Pariser, of advocacy group MoveOn.org, gave a thought-provoking and popular TED Talk on the main stage that questioned whether the era of personalized information might have the counter effect of trapping each of us in our own unique and...