Symptoms Indicate Disease (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
An overpriced lectern is a symptom of our governor’s low opinion of her constituents. read more >
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Supreme Court Seems Favorable to Biden Administration Over Efforts to Combat Social Media Posts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social […] read more >
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Response? Or Reaction? (Barry Goldberg on Leadership)
Strong leaders know the difference between a focused response and a knee-jerk reaction. read more >
Settlement Requires Arkansas Senator to Unblock Critics
American Atheists announced the settlement in its federal lawsuit against Arkansas over Republican Sen. Jason Rapert's social media. read more >
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The Question That Must Not Be Asked (Gwen Moritz Commentary)
Let me tell you, there are some questions one simply must not ask. One of them is whether there’s any real evidence that legalizing marijuana reduces abuse of opioids. read more >
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I’ll Miss You When I’m Gone (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
The best thing about being a journalist is being paid to learn stuff, and the best thing about working on Arkansas Business has been learning about so many different industries, each with its own nuances. read more >
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Know Your News Source (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
Bumper-sticker mentality was a problem before social media, but it required acquiring a bumper sticker and deciding that sharing a nuance-free opinion with tail-gaters was worth putting sticky gunk on the car’s bumper. Now spreading opinions — and, all too often, demonstrably false information from unknown sources — can be done with a click. read more >
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Arkansas’ Feral Hogs No Laughing Matter
Feral hogs damage Arkansas farms and equipment, and it doesn’t take 30-50 to cause real trouble. read more >
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Ever Seen a Purple Cow? Muñoz Pugh Counts on It
Christina Muñoz Madsen, a former TV news anchor and VP of marketing and public relations at the University of Central Arkansas, has been partnered with branding and marketing specialist Michelle Pugh of Conway for a little over a year. read more >
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Tech World Still a Man’s World
Although the percentage of women in the U.S. workforce now stands at 46.8%, it remains much lower than that in the technology sector. read more >
The Fierce Courage of Anonymity (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
When we take ownership of our words, we may not always be at our best, but we are less likely to be at our worst. read more >
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Digital Marketing Platforms to Embrace — Or Ignore (Steven Schilling Commentary)
Steven Schilling weeds through big digital marketing platforms like Facebook and Snapchat to determine what's really effective for small businesses. read more >
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Never a Dull Moment for Cranford Co. on Twitter
Ross Cranford is excited about the Cranford Co.’s innovative new work with Twitter. read more >
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UALR Professor Nitin Agarwal Fights Terrorists
Propaganda from "Deviant groups" like ISIS is being disseminated more quickly than would have been possible with traditional methods, according to Nitin Agarwal of UALR. read more >
When Every Day’s a Super Bowl (Ross Cranford Expert Advice)
Everybody knows that the Super Bowl is one of the most watched televised events of the year — 114.4 million viewers in 2015, the largest U.S. audience in history. And every client is now trying to reach customers where, increasingly, they live: on mobile devices. But as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently said, “We have a Super Bowl on mobile every day.” read more >
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Twitter Effort Tackles Infrastructure Needs
Shannon Newton’s constituents are - obviously as president of the Arkansas Trucking Association - Arkansas trucking executives, who are in favor of raising the federal fuel tax to fund highway upkeep and repair. read more >
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CJRW@SXSWi: Big Data & Privacy: Are You Protected?
Elizabeth Michael, CJRW's social media manager, takes a look at data and privacy issues discussed at this year's South-by-Southwest Interactive festival in Austin. read more >
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CJRW@SXSWi: Biz Stone of Twitter on Creativity, Success
Rob Anderson of CJRW is at South-by-Southwest Interactive in Austin. Today, he shares highlights from a session on creativity and defining success featuring Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. read more >
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CJRW@SXSWi: 2015 Trends Include ‘Big Data,’ Content Marketing
Two trends dominating the 2015 South-by-Southwest Interactive festival are content marketing and "big data." Rob Anderson of CJRW of Little Rock reports on what’s hot at this influential annual event. read more >
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Acxiom, Twitter Expand Partnership
Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock said Thursday that it has expanded its partnership with global microblogging giant Twitter Inc. of San Francisco. read more >