For those with an iPad or iPhone, you might want to check out the new Google Currents app. The app presents another tool one can use to read and organize content from leading publishers. And in a very exciting development for ALM, our own law.com site was picked as one of the beta publications for the rollout. Let me know what you think....
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Two weeks ago I posted an article on this blog as well as The Media Briefing site about lessons I have learned during my tenure at ALM. Media Briefing, in turn, used its LinkedIn Group site to encourage a discussion of the article, an example of how one-way communication can be turned into two-way using social media tools. The comments (44 at last count) are in many ways more interesting than my original piece, and show where at least some people think B2B media is headed in the future. You can join the discussion here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Bill-Pollak-is-excolleague-CEO-3166137.S.82764844?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=3166137&item=82764844&type=member&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_mc-pmr-cn&ut=0u1cJuTXtoHl01 A small part of the discussion actually involves whether Media Briefing is right to use LinkedIn for commenting, or whether it would...
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Sookie Williams at the Daily Business Review has worked for the DBR for almost 39 years. Recently she was honored by History Miami as a "Legal Legend". Here's what the DBR's publisher, Chris Mobley, had to say about this honor: "Sookie Williams, the DBR's vice president of Miami-Dade legal & court relations, was named a Legal Legend by HistoryMiami's 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society (see attached). In introducing Sookie, the MC said: "Our next honoree has graced the corridors of the Daily Business Review for let's just say quite some time. She created the newspaper's Court Pages, ensuring up-to-date court directories, emergency judge contact information and bench and bar notices are published daily. She serves as a liaison with the...
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My friends at The Media Briefing (www.themediabriefing.com) asked me to reflect on what I have learned about B2B media and where I think the industry might be headed. Here's what I sent them: As ALM Media recently announced, I'll be stepping down as President/CEO in the next few months. Fourteen years is a long time in one position - here are some of the things I've been thinking about as I exit one B2B media business and start looking for my next challenge. 1. Our major strength in B2B media is the knowledge we have about our audience, and that's where our primary investments need to be. Smart industry players are investing heavily in their market databases, capturing...
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Here's a bit of inspiration for Thanksgiving Week...the note comes from Colleen McGushin, editor of Texas Lawyer: Last week, Texas Lawyer reporter Angela Morris reported on Sean Pevsner, who recently passed the Texas bar exam. Sean is a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy who uses interpreters to communicate. As you can see from Angela's piece pasted below, Sean is truly inspirational -- so much so that Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson read part of Angela's article out loud at the Nov. 14 Austin swearing-in ceremony for new lawyers. Sean received a standing ovation from the entire audience, which you can see on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQiA-5LS-WQ&feature=youtu.be In addition to being a great honor for Sean, it was an honor for...
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By now the readers of this blog will have seen the announcement of my decision to leave ALM Media in the next few months. I'm relieved that the news is now out in the public...I'm pretty good at keeping secrets, but this was a tough one! And not only does the advance notice allow me to help manage the transition to my successor, but it also gives me time to reflect on my years at ALM and think seriously about what I want to do next. By the way, I noticed that one of the news reports about my decision to leave characterized it as a "retirement" -- hah! Believe me, I have every intention of rejoining the workforce --...
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This is National Celebrate Pro Bono Week, an opportunity for the legal profession to reflect on the work it does for those who cannot afford legal representation. For the past several years, lawyers around the country have taken the opportunity during this week to reflect on what Pro Bono has meant to them, and why efforts to support and expand Pro Bono programs are so important. This year, our own Fabio Bertoni contributed a piece to the effort, and I think it is well worth a read: "The Feeling Was Tremendous"....
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Our colleagues at Law Technology News received a nice shout-out from one of Forbes.com's online columnists, Ben Kerschberg. In a post called "Six Savvy Law Technology Resources", Kerschberg cited LTN for its "outstanding content". And he was particularly pleased with our daily e-newsletters which "ably serve an industry with rapidly developing technology". The full post can be found here: www.forbes.com/sites/benkerschberg/2011/10/18/six-savvy-law-technology-resources/ Congrats to David Snow, Monica Bay and the LTN team. (Update: fixed broken link)...
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On Monday I sent out my annual note to the staff about Health Benefits for the coming year. It is, without any question, my least favorite note of the year -- it invariably involves cutbacks, changes and/or additional expense for staff members. And that was certainly true this year as our insurance provider, in this case Cigna, tried once again to foist outrageous cost increases on to the company and, in turn, on to our employees. As always, we pushed back and negotiated fiercely, but also made changes to the plans in order to keep both company and employee cost increases as low as possible. At a total cost of some $6 million per year (71% paid for by the...
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Colleen McGushin, editor-in-chief of Texas Lawyer, sends some good news: "Congratulations to Texas Lawyer Austin reporter Angela Morris who won a Dallas Bar Association Philbin Award today in the Electronic Media Category for her online article titled "E-mails Reveal Wrangling in TYLA Election." Way to go, Angela! ...
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