Sam Whitmore's Media Survey http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/ Tech Media This Week host Sam Whitmore analyzes the week's most important tech media news in a quick 10 minutes. Hear interviews with leading tech editors and news makers as well as tactical "takeaways" for tech PR pros. Tech Media This Week host Sam Whitmore analyzes the week's most important tech media news in a quick 10 minutes. Hear interviews with leading tech editors and news makers as well as tactical "takeaways" for tech PR pros. Sam is founder and editor of Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey (www.mediasurvey.com), providing tech media analysis and consulting to tech pros and media buyers. Whitmore also hosts a weekly teleconference series featuring prominent tech editors. He’s a frequent public speaker and often is interviewed regarding tech media for print and broadcast. Whitmore spent 14 years at Ziff-Davis Publishing, 12 at PC Week as a reporter, editor, columnist and editor-in-chief. He later served as a company vice-president in business development, and served as an on-camera reporter for Ziff-Davis Television (ZDTV) before leaving to launch Media Survey in April 1998. Sam Whitmore's Tech Media This Week en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:10:16 GMT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:10:16 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://slapcast.com/ No sam@mediasurvey.com Sam Whitmore's Tech Media This Week http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS You know how you forward web links to your friends and colleagues? IDG exec Frank Cutitta wants to make money from that. -- Sam Whitmore Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:31:11 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6637 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Who walks away from a great beat at the world's most prestigious newspaper? Vauhini does! -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 23 May 2008 16:54:47 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6513 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS After four years at TechTarget, Bill Brenner now works for CSO, which this week launched a web site redesign. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 02 May 2008 17:54:55 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6408 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS There's a hell of a lot of tech reporting talent now on the street. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:57 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6335 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS You've got to hand it to BW -- it takes chances. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:40:16 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6284 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS The TechCrunch founder decries other A-listers who take venture capital. Ally with me instead and let's kill CNET, he says. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:09:26 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6267 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS eWeek edges out Computerworld for the most. InformationWeek.com has the least. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:02:15 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6110 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS More video is being shot than ever before. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:18:39 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/6031 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS How 'bout a three-ring circus at John Battelle's Web 2.0 event? -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:23:04 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5996 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Virtualization is but one reason why, said an editorial panel at this week's PRSA symposium in Mountain View, Calif. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:36:05 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5920 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Former editorial employees want to return, says eWeek editorial director Eric Lundquist. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:56:19 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5846 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Two separate and distinct things, sayeth Fox's double-duty on-air talent. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:41:09 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5753 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Search engines rule, and vendor web sites are creeping up on the trade publishers. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:02:17 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5676 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS IDG and CMP deploy vendor-generated content as "editorial." Welcome to the new world. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:30:52 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5620 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We asked Eric Savitz, Tom Krazit, Eric Auchard and Mark himself. -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:58:19 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5572 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We asked Eric Savitz, Tom Krazit and Eric Auchard -- and Mark himself. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:36:36 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5567 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Former editor-in-chief Brian Fuller discusses his new job as VP at Blanc & Otus. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:54:09 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5500 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Tech publishing experts are moving beyond "editorial" to task-based sites that, one day, tech PR will recognize and respect. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:36:45 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5420 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS BusinessWeek's Chicago edition is only the latest example. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:03:34 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5368 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Check out Andy Jordan's Tech Diary video podcast... it's good. And what he's doing, you can do, too. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:04:19 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5324 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS In other news: a new leader for InfoWorld and unrest at Conde Nasty. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:05:16 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5267 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS It's now a certified Second Life developer. Also this time: TechTarget scores record profits. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:40:40 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5222 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS The leader of a hot clean tech blog network shares with us his latest news. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:58:43 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5057 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Adam Lashinsky, for one, kicked ass and took names. How refreshing! -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:23:21 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/5017 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Layoffs at IDC and the San Jose Mercury News, and Backfence gets torn down. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:24:40 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4930 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS That's where so much of this laid-off tech edit talent is headed. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:22:49 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4807 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Meet the new bosses, same as the old bosses? -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:55:39 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4779 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Did 200 people really need to lose their jobs this week? The founding editor of the now-defunct Network Computing sounds off. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:04:03 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4758 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS It must have been tough to do. Weber Shandwick Worldwide is his new home. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:24:30 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4736 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS From the back of a taxicab in NYC, we discuss Mr. T and other topics of potential interest to tech PR pros. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:52:21 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4725 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS "Place your BusinessWeek column in the folded and upright position..." Fri, 25 May 2007 13:47:50 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4702 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS The two-time Ziff Davis veteran discusses his company's unique approach to exploring new tech markets. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 18 May 2007 14:11:59 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4679 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Tech Media This Week is seven minutes or less each week or double your money back. - Sam Whitmore Fri, 11 May 2007 19:43:36 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4660 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS InfoClipz are cool animations of technical concepts. And Gina Smith this week debuts "The Week Ahead." -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 04 May 2007 17:01:24 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4624 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Even ten minutes is too long these days. From now on, our podcast will take six to seven minutes of your time and no more. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:03:17 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4602 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Ready-fire-aim is not the sequence. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:29:57 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4571 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS The enterprise site is still up there but not for long, so we're told. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:15:55 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4547 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS A little bit of everything this week. Still under ten minutes each week or double your money back. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:30:02 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4514 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Listen to a model of tomorrow's tech PR pro: Jennifer Fader practices traditional tech PR but reads 200 RSS feeds a day and runs a social media practice, too. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:33:17 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4484 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Online continues to drive the business; David Strom and Paul Gillin launch the Tech PR War Stories podcast. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:11:45 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4455 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Siliconvalleyminute.com showcases vendors' elevator pitches; Newrulescommunications.com is built especially for PR pros. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:32:45 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4420 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Gartner CEO Gene Hall told Wm. Blair & Co. that he'd be interested if Forrester was willing to sell. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:27:38 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4382 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Phil was the first PR blogger... now there are more than 600, he says. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:31:52 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4347 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We re-recorded the portion of the podcast concerning the Virtutech contest. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:48:05 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4313 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Former Forrester and IDC analysts Rob Enderle and Roger Kay talk frankly about the old days at their respective Tier 1 shops. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:28:14 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4290 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS ...but is this necessarily a good thing? -- Sam Whitmore Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:57:38 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4269 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Lots of VCs and start-ups, but where was the media? Also, we fish through our reporter's notebook for juicy items, and interview execs from BuzzLogic. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:46:53 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4246 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Some say yes, others say no. Also, Red Herring is struggling... and try to guess our mystery blogger. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:39:57 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4215 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We hear bidders must now put up or shut up. Meanwhile, editorial cost-cutting industrywide continues unabated... here's what PR pros can do. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:54:03 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4195 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Audio from Wall Street Journal and USA Today reporters... check out Paul Kedrosky, and how 'bout that father-and-son team at BusinessWeek? -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:54:08 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4174 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Here's how it happened and why we judge it a mixed blessing. -- Sam Whitmore Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:59:09 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4155 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We explore two paths to greater business success, and we thank you for our best year ever at SWMS. Happy holidays! -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:12:49 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4114 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Look for Silicon Valley Watcher to break out its "new media" commentary into a separate site called New Rules Communications, Tom says. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:04:41 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4094 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS They're coming whether we like it or not, the entrepreneur says. Also this time: press release embargoes, and a correction. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:37:29 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4063 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Techdirt, TG Publishing and Podtech.net are growing and have the right ideas. And let's play Google trivia! -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:18:41 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4040 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS The former EIC now runs "custom content" -- in other words, advertorial. It's a big business and growing fast. -- Sam Whitmore Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:43:30 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/4016 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Giovanni Rodriguez and Rebekah Mitchell are looking for savvy PR pros who appreciate the power of social networking. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:10:09 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3994 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Like any start-up, Podtech.net has its challenges, Scoble says. But he still loves his new job. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:04:12 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3963 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Time Warner taps Andy Serwer to fend off Conde Nast portfolio; Ziff Davis, meanwhile, is down to its last $10.8 million with big debt looming. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:33:28 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3950 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS One of them, Shel Holtz, explains what's different about the firm. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:55:40 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3898 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We look at the new Web 2.0 blog called TechAddress, and point to some of the 72 comments TechCrunch's Mike Arrington received on his Oct. 13 story dinging CNET. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:36:03 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3886 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Ziff Davis Media grew its ad pages in Q2, according to IDG's own stats...and the king of tech podcasting sees the new medium at a "plateau." -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:30:22 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3789 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS ...on alarmist virus alerts, custom publishing, the masking of caller ID info, and why he might have made a good product reviewer for the Wall Street Journal. -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:35:19 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3732 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We humbly offer an audio "reporter's notebook" of items, some useful and others that might -- we hope -- bring forth a smile. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:15:31 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3710 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Hear what pleasantly and unpleasantly surprised Rebecca in her first year as bureau chief, as well as some of the obstacles she faces in China. -- Sam Whitmore Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:52:29 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3684 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS The well-known blogger shares his views of DEMO's first foray in China, as well as his personal impressions of the Middle Kingdom. -- Sam Whitmore Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:31:24 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3634 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS CEO Aedhmar Hynes discusses why a global tech PR agency such as Text 100 is spending time and money to understand the virtual world of Second Life. -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:43:10 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3552 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Business 2.0 and Advertising Age this week came down on opposite sides of an all-too-familiar issue: the influence of blog publishing. Both readerships got what they wanted. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:03:45 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3523 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Sharon Barclay has been looking into this, and this Blanc & Otus general manager has intriguing things to say. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:23:20 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3482 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS The venerable business mag damages its credibility as it has never done before; meanwhile, TechTarget prepares to challenge CMP in the channel. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:31:44 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3442 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Ziff Davis Media is on the block and is likely to be split up. Who cares? The titles will forge on. Also this week, tech media gossip and Estes rockets. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:28:40 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3385 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Some podcasters read to us, others talk to us. Which would you rather listen to? -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:20:56 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3266 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Podtech CEO John Furrier lays out his content strategy. Don't think of it as editorial. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:57:52 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/3145 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Is Ziff Davis Media looking for a buyer? Who can blame it for wanting to exit, when individuals such as Om Malik and Mike Arrington can build successful publishing brands all by themselves? -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:23:24 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2988 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We dissect ZDNet editor Dan Farber's recent podcast interview with "the father of Java," James Gosling. It was excellent. -- Sam Whitmore Sun, 04 Jun 2006 23:09:09 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2940 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Hear Bob Angus from A&R Partners discuss why he sold to Edelman, and hear Richard Edelman on why he was a buyer. -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 30 May 2006 19:29:46 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2916 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We interview former Computerworld and TechTarget editor Paul Gillin, now a columnist, consultant and author specializing in social networking. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 22 May 2006 15:44:52 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2888 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Find out what's going on with Going On, from Tony Perkins... also, Ziff Davis deepens its efforts in the channel, and a web site makeover from Computerworld. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 15 May 2006 17:08:46 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2859 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Voce's Mike Manuel, Eastwick's Giovanni Rodriguez, Edelman's Phil Gomes and Weber Shandwick's Jeremy Pepper collaborate on "Third Thursday," a professional development event for PR pros. Hear their story. -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 09 May 2006 13:54:15 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2824 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS We catch up with eponymous Bay Area scribe Tom Foremski, who briefs us on his latest gig with the San Francisco Chronicle. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 04 May 2006 17:15:01 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2799 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS On Apr. 7 The Register criticized industry analyst Rob Enderle for badmouthing Sun Microsystems when Enderle receives consulting fees from Sun rivals IBM, Dell and HP. Enderle tells his story to Tech Media This Week. -- Sam Whitmore Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:14:02 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2765 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Editor-in-chief Rusty Weston describes Global Services, a new monthly jointly published by CMP Media and Cybermedia, Ltd. of India. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:34:07 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2743 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS How the Techdirt blog was born; a new IT expo from IDC; blog syndication from Pluck; and more. Drop us a line sometime: sam@mediasurvey.com. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:57:48 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2708 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Dennis Callaghan left his reporting job at eWeek to become an enterprise software analyst with The 451 Group. How does he like it? -- Sam Whitmore Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:11:35 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2635 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Announcements from Ziff Davis Media, IDG and CMP -- and when did you last sit down with a copy of Red Herring? Check it out sometime. Good stuff. -- Sam Whitmore Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:09:13 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2598 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Leading bloggers need help selling ads and could use some overall tech and management support. For a piece of the action, Federated Media Publishing is happy to oblige. FM VP Chas Edwards explains how it all works. -- Sam Whitmore Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:40:19 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2580 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Ziff Davis kills Smartcompany.com; BusinessWeek to launch a quarterly pub on "Innovation." Drop us a line sometime -- sam@mediasurvey.com. We'd love to hear from you! -- Sam Whitmore Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:12:24 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2458 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS PC World Communications CEO Jeff Edman discusses IDG's recent experiment auctioning print advertising through Google. Everybody involved seems to be happy with the results. -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:37:42 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2414 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS InformationWeek EIC Rob Preston describes how his publication has changed -- and how it hasn't. Also: how del.icio.us bookmarks and web forms will alter the story-pitching landscape. -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:06:17 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2397 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Back after a four-week hiatus...it's good to be back. CMP folds two pubs and shuffles editors; Business 2.0's readership spikes 19 percent; and new blogs about pitching. Write to us -- sam@mediasurvey.com Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:36:31 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2358 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS News of a BuzzMetrics-Intelliseek link-up and an interview with Cymfony CMO Jim Nail -- and we have some fun thrown in there, too. -- Sam Whitmore Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:31:32 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2141 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Does spamming tech editors pay off? Listen to these two editors and analysts. You might be surprised at what you hear. -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:16:38 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/2095 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Condé Nast begins hiring for its forthcoming business mag; six tips on getting to know bloggers; and how to pitch a columnist headed for CES. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:33:36 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1788 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Paying attention to attention; AccelaCast inBanner is something to see; and Tom Foremski seeks the culture of Silicon Valley. Write to us: sam@mediasurvey.com -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:32:48 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1729 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Michael Vizard returns to Ziff Davis; Tom Foremski now a ZDNet blogger; and who are the most influential tech bloggers, anyway? Write us: sam@mediasurvey.com -- Sam Whitmore Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:31:12 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1689 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS A successful debut for the Portable Media Expo and podcasters everywhere; a new SMB site from Ziff Davis Media; and here's how not to influence a tech editor. -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:33:28 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1618 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS New jobs for Michael Miller and Jim Louderback at Ziff Davis Media; restructuring at CMP; and Tom Foremski hears "The Call of the Rooster" -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:19:51 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1547 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Forbes senior editor Daniel Lyons explains his cover story on blogs, called "Attack of the Blogs." Also, TechTarget just keeps on earnin'... -- Sam Whitmore Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:41:17 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1507 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS Computerworld editor-in-chief Don Tennant denounces competitive publications that cover insignificant press conferences. Don't miss this fiery interview. Send feedback to sam@mediasurvey.com -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:21:12 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1443 http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS A plague of blog spam in the world of Blogspot; the WSJ gets a trim; and News.com revisits its Big Picture. Drop us a line: sam@mediasurvey.com -- Sam Whitmore Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:47:22 GMT http://slapcast.com/users/SWMS/1384