Snippets - Blogs, MSN Space, XMas Gifts

"Blog" makes the dictionary . Millions of blogger heads swell up with self-importance, then explode, leaving the blogosphere empty. I continue to drink my 64 oz bottle of Odwalla OJ to fight a cold at home. MSN Spaces Launches . And, the blogosphere goes nuts . I just launched my own MSN Spaces blog for POP! PR , just to test it out and play with it. I see that Robert Scoble , the MSFT evangelist, isn't going to switch over just yet . But, I think that's fine - from what I have been reading and playing with so far, MSN Spaces isn't for hardcore bloggers. To me, MSN Spaces is going after the My Space , Live Journal and, well, Blogger space - people that want to write about their lives (okay, 14 year old girls on some level), but quite easily through the integration with MSN Messenger. I give it a thumbs up - I think it'll give those services a run for their money and carve out a nice niche for itself. It seems pretty easy to use, it

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Snippets - O'Dwyers, Nazis, PsyOps and PR Ethics

The O'Dwyer Company gets ad pulled . To have your firm written up in the O'Dwyer newsletter and Website is a pretty big deal - they don't pull punches, it's read by higher-up executives, and they break a lot of stories. The company also influences corporate decisions, as noted in today's New York Times. Yesterday, on the O'Dwyer Web site was an article about the Simon Property Group using national landmarks for their ad campaign to get people to go shop at its malls. Today, the New York Times has the article on how Simon Malls has pulled its ad campaign , due to the article on Odwyerpr.com . Now, that's power. Is Harvard Crimson the same color as Nazi Red ? Many corporations and universities have been shown to have ties to Nazi Germany - IBM, Ford, the Bush family immediately come to mind. A professor from Oklahoma has presented a paper that shows the Harvard and Harvard Crimson ties to Nazism are a little too close for comfort . Howev

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