Recent SWMS Alerts

  • Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 15:59

    The latest subscriber only feeds on VMWorld, TheStartupDigest, The Google Beat, moves at the FT, The Dachis Group and much more...

  • Monday, August 23, 2010 - 07:29
     
    In our latest update from @SWMSTweet and SWMS Online on Facebook:
    Fortune, Forbes, Time, Technologizer, WaPo, Techweb, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Demand Media, Business Insider, tablets, paywalls, crowdsourcing and more.

     

  • Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 09:56

    Sure as you're born, Facebook Places will come up in that meeting or conference call later today. You'll need to be cogent. What's your method?

    For what it's worth, here's ours:

  • Monday, August 16, 2010 - 12:07

    After ten off-the-record meetings with editors and PR pros last week in New York, here's what we observed:

    • more PR firms are thinking visually, not verbally
    • clients are balking at extra fees for agencies' multimedia capabilities
    • today's edit leaders want PR to share its technology expertise and experience
  • Monday, August 9, 2010 - 07:11

    The FT's new b-to-b tech section -- "The Connected Business" -- debuts Sept. 15 in print and online. FT veteran Paul Taylor will edit the section and write a new column on home-office and SMB topics.

  • Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 15:52

    What if Forbes journalists became do-it-or-die entrepreneurs, just like the executives they write about? What if beats and assignments became less important than blogger instincts -- and page views were published for all to see?

  • Monday, July 26, 2010 - 10:39
    The latest feeds include: The FT, Tech Goes Strong, WaPo, Beta 260, BloombergBusinessWeek, and more.
  • Friday, July 16, 2010 - 13:06

    The latest from @SWMSTweet. Brad Stone making moves, Jon Fortt on his new job, Bloomberg BusinessWeek nuggets, pitching TechCrunchTV, and more.

  • Friday, July 16, 2010 - 12:31

    TechCrunch TV creative director Paul Carr is braced for the barbs. He co-hosts a TCTV show preemptively named "Too Long, Didn't Watch." He responds swiftly to viewer criticisms. In this Apr. 25 blog post, Carr concedes that "from a technical standpoint, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing: I'm a content person, not a broadcasting or technology person -- so I've been busily surrounding myself with people who have been doing that stuff for years." 

     

  • Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 16:18
     

    Fortune senior writer Jon Fortt is preparing for his new role at CNBC.

     
    We caught up with him earlier today.