Were you feeling a little itchy this morning?

It seems that bedbugs, those bugs of nursery rhyme lore, have made a comeback in the United States, and hotels have a growing problem as they struggle to fight off these critters.

One hotel already faces a big problem.

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Richard Edelman tells us that he “learned his lesson,” when he was called to carpet about these now-famous comments at a PRWeek awards dinner:

“It used to be I would schmooze you and I was your flack,” said Mr. Edelman…“Today, if we want to get a message into the public’s conversation, we just make a post on a blog. If The Wall Street Journal goes after a client, we don’t have to accept that anymore. Let’s post the documents we gave The Journal; let’s show the interviews the newspaper decided not to show. read more...

This morning in the Daily Dog, Jeremy Pepper points us Forward.

Started by Auburn student Erin Caldwell, the Web site is part blog, part webzine, and is aimed at young PR pros.

Erin is also looking for contributors for the site, including read more...

YesterNews
Originally uploaded by exhibitj. Every day I read the mainstream media both online and – gasp! – in paper. Maybe that makes me a dinosaur. If so, I accept the title with open arms.

If you aren’t a newspaper type, then you probably get a magazine or two and chances are you watched television or listened to the radio today. Even if you didn’t do any of these things, you read a blog or two (you’re here aren’t read more...

Tired of the same old, same old. Want to start a new blogroll but don't have time for the research.

Enter similicio.us.

This "cool tool" gereates a list of blogs, and other websites, that readers have tagged in similar ways. For instance, enter your blog URL and find other sites that have similar del.icio.us tags as yours.

The Edelman Trust Barometer, released in January 2006, found that the most credible spokesperson is “a person like me,” rising from 22 percent 2003 to 68 percent in 2006. The study read more...