Comments on: Hah. Battelle Says His Authors Should Have Disclosed

By: Remember how pissed Michael Arrington was? : Tech That Out

Remember how pissed Michael Arrington was? : Tech That Out — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:28:42 +0000

[...] he said that from this article on CruchNotes. [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » BigBang chez BlogBang?

TechCrunch en français » BigBang chez BlogBang? — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:49:31 +0000

[...] Les réactions sont sans doute excessives du côté des bloggeurs (même si justifiées) mais BlogBang vient d’apprendre une leçon très simple: si vous voulez impliquez les bloggeurs dans votre modèle économique, soyez transparents et communiquez auprès de vos partenaires surtout en situation de crise. Dans un autre registre, aux Etats Unis Federated Media, une régie publicitaire a connu les foudres de ses bloggeurs récemment lors d’une campagne publicitaire de Microsoft critiquée par ValleyWag et qui a amené cette régie à dire que ces bloggeurs portaient la responsabilité du problème. [...]

By: Ming Yeow

Ming Yeow — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:14:16 +0000

most of the commenters here are missing the point. The question here is whether mike should have disclosed (and his point is that it was so obviously disclosed), and not whether he should have allowed his name on a crappy marketing campaign.

By: I Think » Blog Archive » Newswatch 6.25.07: YHOO sales chief is out

I Think » Blog Archive » Newswatch 6.25.07: YHOO sales chief is out — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:13:50 +0000

[...] YHOO sales chief out [AP] Yahoo Inc. said Sunday that its chief domestic sales officer resigned and that the company will merge its search and display advertising departments in the U. Yahoo sales chief is out [WebProNews] The post-Terry Semel era at Yahoo sees a shakeup at the top of its cross-platform, North America sales team, as Wenda Harris Millard moves from the portal company to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. — Did Millard jump or was she pushed? Hah. Batelle says his authors should have disclosed [TechCrunch] More happenings on the sponsored text debate: John Battelle, CEO of FM Publishing, the ad network behind the ads, throw his authors, including us, under a bus today when he writes: … hmm. Disclose? Disclose what? Defamation lawsuit seeks to unmask anonymous cowards [The Register] Server logs? what server logs? — They should’ve known better than to flame law students. — Two female law students at Yale University have filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Connecticut against an operator … Macs ’snap-crackle-pop’ after 10.4.1 [InfoWorld] Apple’s update to Mac OS X 10.4.10 last week is driving some users crazy from a new popping sound. Dubbed “Snap Crackle Pop” on Apple’s support forum by the first to note the problem, the noise was irritating enough for one to call it “maddening,” while another claimed it “would slowly drive me insane.” [...]

By: Tonja

Tonja — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:45:19 +0000

How many times do you listen to the radio and hear on-air talent pushing dog food, Lasik and the latest Chrysler product? These people say nothing about the content being an ad but just launch into it, and once they get started, you know it’s an ad. Words in a banner? Same idea but much more clear.

By: » Controverse rond ‘conversational marketing’ - 27-06-2007 - Content Cantina

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:39:50 +0000

[...] Arrington is woedend dat John Battelle van Federated Media, dat de sales doet voor de bloggers in kwestie, de schuld naar de bloggers probeert te schuiven, en zoekt per direct een nieuwe sales agent: [...]

By: 2007 June 26 | www.theirway.net

2007 June 26 | www.theirway.net — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:49:17 +0000

[...] Hah. Batelle says his authors should have disclosed [TechCrunch] More happenings on the sponsored text debate: John Battelle, CEO of FM Publishing, the ad network behind the ads, throw his authors, including us, under a bus today when he writes: … hmm. Disclose? Disclose what? [...]

By: vaspers the grate

vaspers the grate — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:28:13 +0000

Figures that PayPerPost spam would appear on this thread.

Hey PayPerPost, how’s the blog-whoring business coming along? Lots of sleazy “will opine for compensation” bloggers out there for ya?

By: CrunchNotes » Sorry, You’ve Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn

CrunchNotes » Sorry, You’ve Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:04:27 +0000

[...] That wasn’t the case (see my previous posts on my position), but it didn’t stop authors like Malik and Kedrosky from immediately folding, and FM CEO Battelle from giving his authors a quick slap on the wrist for not disclosing the “conflict.” Suddenly I found myself fighting alone in a sea of controversy, which is right where I like to be. The main fallout from the event is that we are now looking for new ad agent representation. [...]

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:39:11 +0000

I didn’t see a single person bitched about the “search for better search” sponsored by Hakia. I didn’t see any disclosure and I’m OK with that since it says SPONSORED BY HAKIA.

Where’s all the Hakia rage? Was there something truly different about People Ready besides running where an AD ran and having MICROSOFT slapped all over it instead of saying “Sponsored by Micorosft” or is this just humans being hypocrites?

If there’s truly a difference other than in one case it was MSFT and in once case it wasn’t, I’d really like to understand it. I don’t.