Technical PR agency, Publitek, has announced the appointment of Derek Rye, formerly director of marketing at Plessey Semiconductors and marketing manager at Intel. The appointment follows a series of significant new business wins for the agency and further advances its deep-tech credentials. Publitek account directors are mostly engineers or scientists. Publitek’s Read more...
Wikipedia, the online, collaborative encyclopedia is often defined by what it is not. Wikipedia is not a directory, Wikipedia is not a soapbox, and most recently according to in the Wikipedia discussion on best practice for PR professionals using Wikipedia, it is not a reputation management tool. http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Draft_best_practice_guidelines_for_PR The 5th most visited site in the world with Read more...
It seems that the French electronics publishing industry has succumbed to the recession. Following last month's notice that Electronique and Electronique International will merge in January, EPN France has announced it will also stop publishing in 2010. As of the 1st of January the title, edited by Alain Dieul, will cease to be for both Read more...
François Gauthier has been appointed as editor in chief of the new 'ElectroniqueS' magazine. ElectroniqueS is the result of a merger between 'Electronique International' and 'Electronique' magazines and the first edition out on the 20th January. François was previously editor in chief at Electronique. It was anticipated that François would take the editor in chief Read more...
Earlier this year the British journal Components In Electronics moved publisher and began developing a new website. And, we've just had an email from its editor, Neil Tyler, to say it's now available. The site, www.cieonline.co.uk, has been given a refresh and can, so we're told, now accept video content too.
The publishing house behind the US title ECN, Advantage Media, has announced an internship programme to help journalists break into the sector. According to the company, ABM’s internship programme “provides an equally varied array of options for students looking at the publishing field for their career.” According to ABM’s VP of HR, Susanne Foulds, the Read more...
The California based electronics title SupplyFrame Media has announced data on its web traffic. The past 24 months (its says) have been kind, witnessing unprecedented growth. For the first time the company has broken through the 2 million mark, as measured by Quantcast. It also delivered 8.5 million page views in October alone.
Earlier this month the publishing house behind EE Times Asia updated its Export Price Monitor. This tracks the price trends of Chinese products and is compiled from ongoing surveys of manufacturers and trading companies. The results from the survey are pictured. Suppliers are asked the question: “Compared to three months ago, how have your export Read more...
The European Industry Strategy Symposium will place its focus to ‘build on sustainability in the global market place’ for the 2010 show which takes place in Dublin. The leading topics for the February 2010 show have also been announced. The organiser’s website says the event will address three main topics: Critical Mass, Technology Leadership, and Read more...
The annual NMI award entries closed on the 5th of October and the winners will be announced on the 5th November at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London. This year’s guest speaker is the BBC’s Garry Richardson (pictured) a veteran journalist and presenter for the news corporation. The NMI also have one extra attraction, the organisation Read more...