Absolutely barmy ideals from the Lib Dems that set out to penalise the region where they hjold the most seats….seems to go against all the efforts of Visit Cornwall and the RDA too in terms of getting investment, innovation and teleworkers into the region….

Greenslade on the failure of media to repoort on each other

PR Week's editor on the continued move from journalism into PR for several high prfofile figures and whther this trend is sustainable.

mommy bloggers – looking at ethics and wonga

Recession pushes LinkedIn's UK membership past three million – Brand Republic News. Read Recession pushes LinkedIn's UK membership past three million and other marketing news at Brand Republic. Brand Republic – first for Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR

Ben Ayers from ITV.com interviewed on using social media to connect with fans and engage a broadcast audience. Interesting read.

How to get the most out of LinkedIn for PR – review notes from the PRCA seminar focusing on events, groups and making industry spokepeople visible

Nice blog post pulling together a case study for MacDonalds and their use of social media for engagement. The presentation linked is open about learnings but light on results/measurement.