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"Cision, the company formerly known as Bacon’s Information, publishes newspaper and magazine directories that contain information for every newspaper and magazine in North America. The directories contain contact information and profiles on editors and reporters, which PR pros often use to help determine media targets for pitching.
"I recently ordered my 2009 directories and quickly noticed the smaller size when compared to my 2006 editions. By an unscientific eye-estimate, the directories had narrowed by about 17 percent, which is clearly reflective of the shrinking media landscape…"
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Great example of why librarians totally ROCK, and why I want to work with them more:
"Use some of Librarian Genie Tyburski's suggested search terms on Google to find stuff that people don't want you to find:
- "not for public dissemination"
- "not for public release"
- "official use only" (variations include FOUO and U//FOUO)
- "company confidential"
- "internal use only""For Genie's online search class, I tried some of these search terms combined with *NC*. Here's what I found…"
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"But Mac customers must use Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in. Only a limited number of Netflix subscribers will be able to use the service's "Watch Instantly" feature off the bat, said Netflix Monday, but the company intends to roll it out to all by the end of 2008."
