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New Hires at CNET

CNET News – Shara Tibken is leaving her role as a reporter covering semiconductors, computer hardware and related technology industries at Dow Jones Newswires to join CNET News as a consumer technology reporter. Casey Newton has also joined CNET as a senior writer covering Google. He was most recently a technology reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, a position he had held since November 2010. CNET’s site attracts 32 million […]

Calysto PR Vibes Q&A with Wireless Week’s Publisher Holly Hoffer and new Editor-in-Chief Andrew Berg

Welcome to PR Vibes, created by Calysto Communications to provide you with insight into the publications and events in the communications industry. Today, we re-visit Wireless Week and bring you a short interview with Holly Hoffer, publisher of Wireless Week, and Andrew Berg, the new editor-in-chief, about WW’s coverage, features and latest offerings. What’s the editorial […]

Media Update: The Reorganization of Yankee Group

As Calysto reported nearly one year ago, Yankee Group repositioned its’ mission to focus exclusively on the mobility revolution.   The firm’s value proposition for its clients is to help them make money, save money and mitigate risk with their critical strategy, product, technology and marketing decisions in the new mobile economy. With its focus on mobility, […]

Using PR to Achieve Your Business Goals: How to Accelerate Your Exit by Building Your Brand

Don’t underestimate the power of good public relations when it comes to producing solid business results. That’s what Calysto Communications always tells its clients, and we have been particularly successful in helping companies use both social and traditional PR to raise their visibility to achieve a successful exit. In fact, Calysto’s “Fast Exit” program has […]

Gene Signorini Leaving Yankee Group

Yankee Group – Gene Signorini, Senior Vice President and Head of Research plans to leave Yankee Group at the end of this month. Gene was promoted from Vice President, Mobility Research to Senior VP of Research following Gigi Wang’s departure in December 2011. Gene has been with Yankee for more than 12 years, where he was responsible […]

Kevin Burden Joins Strategy Analytics

Strategy Analytics – Kevin Burden has been named the Director, Mobility at Strategy Analytics. Prior to this, he was with ABI Research since March 2010 where his most recent title was VP & Group Director, Mobile Devices. His areas of coverage included handset vendor strategies, device functionality, form factors, and user interfaces. His special concentration is in evaluating […]

David Snow Joins Current Analysis

Current Analysis – David Snow has been named Principal Analyst to lead the IP Services Infrastructure Practice. He is responsible for tracking the evolution and key developments within the IP Services Infrastructure market. Coverage areas include Hosted Multimedia Application Servers, IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS), Mobile Softswitching, Policy Control, Service Delivery Platforms (SDPs), Session Border Controls (SBCs) and Softswitches. […]

Pike Research Acquired

Pike Research – Navigant, a strategic consulting and advisory services firm based in Chicago, announced that it has acquired Pike Research to expand its energy sector market intelligence and industry report capabilities. Founded in 2009, Pike Research is a market intelligence firm that provides analysis of global clean technology markets. Pike Research Senior Analyst, Neil Strother, is now a […]

Microsoft and NBC Ending Online News Partnership

MSNBC – Microsoft and NBC have announced that they are ending their online news partnership. The MSNBC.com web site will now become NBCNews.com and Microsoft will create its own news site. Early next year, MSNBC.com will re-launch as a stand-alone site for the cable channel MSNBC.  Comcast, the media company that owns NBC, will acquire Microsoft’s […]

Monica Alleven Leaves Wireless Week

Wireless Week – Monica Alleven is no longer with Wireless Week after working at the publication for 16 years and serving the last four years as Editor-in-Chief. Replacing Monica will be Andrew Berg, who has served as Senior Editor since November 2008 covering mobile applications, mobile handsets, WiMAX, 4G, SMS, MMS, LTE and Broadband. The print edition of Wireless […]

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