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On Today’s Multi-Agency Wikipedia Statement

Where the Fishermen Ain't

PR Leaders Today Affirm a Commitment to Abide by and Evangelize Wikipedia Community Norms. Last February, William Beutler , principal of Beutler Ink and publisher of The Wikipedian , convened a meeting of digital leaders from multiple agencies, as well as notable Wikipedia volunteers. Here are four of them.

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For whom the bell tolls

Stephen Waddington

Lord Bell wasn’t responsible for delivering the work that resulted in the PRCA expulsion, but he set up the original contract, and was responsible for a corporate culture in which this type work was acceptable. It was also criticised at the same time for anonymously editing Wikipedia pages on behalf of clients.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. Terms were not disclosed but the Wall Street Journal reported a price tag of about $240 million. Sources: Crunchbase , Wall Street Journal , PRWeek , GlobeNewsWire ). 1) February 18, 2014: Enter GTCR .

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Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial?

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Hope we can discuss this further!

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How to Get On in New Communications: Be Nice

ZudePR

An example of a hero of free authority: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia.” Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author (Everybody Writes), keynote speaker, and the world’s first chief content officer (MarketingProfs). “I share to be part of a community. That’s why we share – often for free.