A Personalized Word of Mouth Recommender Model
-- Chihli Hung
-- Keywords: Consumer generated media; Buzz; Text mining; Sentiment
analysis; Recommending agent; Self-organizing map
-- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n3/a61.html

2)
Everything about the Google Books settlement
Resource of materials concerning Google's
settlement with publishers and authors,
compiled by Timothy Vollmer, an IT policy analyst in DC.
http://tinyurl.com/9zph4v

Many of the items listed relate to libraries and the Google settlement.
Example:
Erway, Ricky. 2009. Impact of the Google Book Settlement on Libraries.
Report produced by OCLC Research. Published online at: www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2009-01.pdf

Should libraries have corporate sponsors?
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=84836&title=corporate-sponsor
I'ts a Wing Wing situation.
The police department, using the sorts of arguments adduced here, gets a sponsorship from a local hot wings joint (think a thinly disguised Hooters). The results, played for laughs, do point out some of the dangers. the sponsor's phone number is placed on the patrol cars--leading to 911 calls ordering hotwings and local calls for police help. A "frivolous" way of showing some possible pitfalls.
The most important issue is whether the deals with Google in any way preclude the library from mounting its own ebooks, or making a deal with anyone else.

Service (www.pitchengine.com) ... "PR for the Social Web."
Build a multimedia press release and share easily on current social media
sites. Has a free version (keeps your release for 30 days) or very
inexpensive paid versions where you can archive your releases.

Older adults among newer members on social networking sites
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/hotsites/2009-01-14-social-networking_N.htm

Comcast caps monthly consumer broadband
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10028506-2.html

Att caps bandwidth
http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/11/05/ATT+Monthly+Bandwidth+Caps+Are+Here.aspx

Retail alphabet game
There are 26 letters A-Z pulled from logos, you have to pick what they belong to.
http://www.joeykatzen.com/alpha/index.html


The Israeli Defense Force, broadcasts on Youtube explains what's going on.
http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk
Subscribers: 21,552
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit for news and other multimedia content.
http://idfspokesperson.com/
is the Israel Defense Forces' professional body responsible for media and public relations in Israel and around the world. This is our new site that will help us do so.
We thank you for visiting us and will continue to update this site with documentation of the IDF's humane action and operational success in Operation Cast Lead.

Lists and Rankings: Top 100 Global Marketers

Part 1: Top Ad Spenders (15 pages; PDF)
http://adage.com/images/random/datacenter/2008/globalmarketing2008.pdf
    Global Marketers
    Ranked by 2007 measured media spending, a look at the top 100 global marketers from No. 1 Procter & Gamble Co. to No. 100 eBay. Plus, the top 10 marketers ranked in 86 countries.

Part 2: Multinational Agencies and their Global Assignments (49 pages; PDF)
http://adage.com/images/random/datacenter/2008/globalaccounts2008.pdf
    Global Accounts
    International agency networks and the accounts they handle in 61 countries; Ad Age’s annual grid, sometimes called the Dots.