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Brand Monitoring: Where Are They Now?

Net-Savvy Executive

Back-channel emails are a wonderful thing. Cymfony Acquired in 2007 by TNS, which was acquired by WPP in 2008. Factiva Dow Jones bought out Reuters' interest in Factiva in 2007. A couple of CEOs have pointed out how few of the vendors ever featured in Forrester's reports on social media analysis are still independent.

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Twitter Best in Events and Emergencies

Net-Savvy Executive

Conferences and Meetups Back in 2007, I followed the back-channel conversation at the NewComm Forum using Internet Relay Chat ( IRC ). Now, of course, the back channel is always Twitter, and it sometimes threatens to overwhelm the front channel (the person on stage).