FCC Starts Spectrum Scavenging Effort
The Federal Communications Commission released a public notice Friday that seeks input on allocating the 35 MHz spectrum currently used primarily by weather balloons and weather satellites for wireless broadband. The spectrum, which sits between 1675...
Not Sure How the Joint Information Center Can Survive This
I do not see how the Joint Information Center (JIC), as it has been conceived and implemented the past ten years, will be able to survive the Deepwater Horizon event. If I am right, this will have very significant consequences for how major enviro...
A New Age of Crisis Reporting?: Media, the Oil Spill, and You
As the oil from the BP Gulf coast spill continues to flow into the Gulf of Mexico, the attention of the nation seems to focus on it more and more. As one of the worst environmental disasters our country has ever seen, it is garnering huge media atten...
BP s New Campaign: Just Hot Air?
For PR pundits everywhere, especially those with outlets to spread their musings, BP is the gift that keeps on giving. This blogger has written three posts on the beleaguered company thus far, and with every new day, a potentially bloggable wrinkle...
The Paris Review Launches a Blog
The Paris Review, a quarterly publication founded in 1953, has launched a blog. The introductory post by editor Lorin Stein can be found here. Since its founding in 1953, The Paris Review has devoted itself to publishing the good writers and good p...
5 Types of Blog Comment Spam You Need to Delete
As your business blog grows, you ll start to receive more comments on your blog posts. That s a huge milestone that you should celebrate because it means your content is interesting enough that readers want to actively engage with you. Howeve...
Verizon s Digital Voice Goes All-VoIP
Verizon is maturing its current Digital Voice product available in 11 states and the District of Columbia with a total Voice over Internet Protocol solution. The service transitions away from the analog switches used previously, leverages Ver...
Crisis Communication, Business Continuity, And Risk Management
I recently recorded a podcast with Stephanie Balaouras, discussing the potential for increased collaboration between crisis communication, business continuity, and risk management functions. The strategies that businesses implement to manage disast...
Is Clearwire Prepping for a Spectrum Sale?
Clearwire, the WiMAX operator that owns gobs of wireless spectrum across the country, may put some of those airwaves on the market, according to analyst Tim Farrar of TMF Associates. Farrar, who covers satellite companies closely, blogged about the p...