On the death of humor columnist Art Buchwald, The New York Times ushers in the video self-obituary – a mix between YouTube and journalism. Called, “The Last Word” the feature opens with Buchwald declaring, “Hi, I’m Art Buchwald, and I just died.” It ends with the well-known humorist, who once wrote for The New York Herald Tribune in Paris and later a syndicated columnist in read more...

we won 200 dollars on the quiz Originally uploaded by kezarina. There is a lot you can do with $200, especially in Las Vegas. Today is the day to make up your mind If you have been seriously considering attending the New Communications Forum, put on by Ragan Communications and The Society for New Communications Research, in Las Vegas this year, March 7-9, 2007. Today is the last day for read more...

Bill Marriott, Chairman and CEO of Marriott Hotels International, has joined the blogosphere with his “On the Move” blog. There was an article yesterday in the Washington Post describing how Marriott, who doesn’t use a computer, will publish his blog by dictating his entries, and responses to comments. The article says that the posts would be made available as audio files. I don’t see that on the site yet, read more...

Diversity IS a Beautiful Thing! Originally uploaded by deestea. MLK’s dream is also good for business? How is that you ask? I heard an intriguing piece on NPR this morning about how a researcher correlated more diversity with better outcomes in business. Cedric Herring, Professor of Sociology at the read more...

I first heard about the free Blog Talk Radio service from Scott Baradell over at Media Orchard when he began hosting a series of shows on the platform with high-profile bloggers, including Steve Rubel, Shel Israel and others. Blog Talk Radio is Scott’s clients. The idea of the service is that you can plan a show and then invite people to come and listen, call in and ask questions -- live. Then, the read more...