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As a response to the TechCrunch decision to not respect embargoes, ReadWriteWeb says they’ll keep abiding them. Why? Their reasoning stands, although I still think it is a silly race to be the first, just with a little more time.

Yes! Finally! This is what is needed: Someone big needs to lead the way of compulsive embargo breaking. I can’t imagine the amount of email Michael Arrington gets, but I know that the ones that hit me for the Blog Herald from PR firms are 90% ignored, with lots of dupes.

I get a lot of press releases these days. Actually, I’ve always gotten a lot of them, but the last year or so they have increased. Being the editor of The Blog Herald adds to it of course, so there’s a lot of companies and people wanting me to write about their service. So how often do I pick up on a press release? Not very, actually, and that’s because the PR people fails to spark my interest.

Here’s a bit of free advice for you PR reps out there, trying to get me to write about your service. Read more →

It’s awfully quiet here, isn’t it? Yep, it is, I’m busy, really busy actually. There’s a lot of things that just don’t show very well at the moment, designs and work behind the scenes. I’m really hoping to have some stuff for you guys soon, including my plans for this site. The current version was ever a placeholder, as you’ve probably gathered by now.

But that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about. I wanted to let you know that this week’s interview over at BloggerTalks is up now, and it’s a good one: Colleen Coplick on PR and Getting Famous

Colleen’s the new blogger at Buzz Networker, and she’s got a background in the PR industry, so why not talk PR with her? I did, and the interview tells a lot, to quote my The Blog Herald news post on it:

[...] Colleen shares her views on paid reviews, PR agencies sending out samples, getting famous in the social sphere, how to write a great press release, and more.

Check it out, it’s a pretty good read, I think.

How I enjoy watching the blogosphere from a distance, and how I have to bite my lip not to get overly involved. I’ve been doing that for quite some time now, but obviously failing that with my recent write-up about a blog sale, I just can’t help but keep going about the subject. Read more →