Author: kullin

German business paper Handelsblatt has three blogs; Wirtschaftsprüfer, Ad Hoc and Transatlantischer Beobachter.

Try the “Transatlantic Observer” in English via Babelfish.

New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer yesterday used his blog to announce that he is running for governor in New York. This is an unconventional approach since most politicians normally make these announcements in speeches or in a statement.

His blog uses RSS and allows comments. CBS has more on the story.

I am a finalist in the 2004 weblog awards, in the category for best European, non-UK blog. If you like my blog, please cast your vote here and spread the word. You can vote several times, but only once every 24 hours. Voting ends on Dec 12.

Thanks to fellow PR blogger Neville Hobson for bringing it to my attention. His excellent blog is in the final too.

The story about journalist Per Gudmundson’s blog is far from over. Tobias Billström of (m) the Moderate Party just now asked (interpellation) Leif Pagrotsky, Minister for Education and Culture:

> if he thought that freedom of speech does not include employees of a public service company?

> if he thinks that individual journalists employed in public service companies can not express views in public, even if they are not in direct connection to the work that they do as employees at SVT?

Dagens Nyheter today writes that liberal debater Johnny Munkhammar will lose his job for blogging about topics that are not in line with the vision of his employer the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv).

– He hasn’t always had the same opinion as Svenskt Näringsliv, and it can be hard to separate when he speaks as a private person and when he speaks for us. Our mission is to represent the views of our member companies, says Inger Holmström, head of communications at Svenskt Näringsliv.

Just about a week ago we had the incident with journalist Per Gudmundson who was told to quit blogging and now this. What does that tell us about blogging in Sweden? I’m not sure yet. But clearly some bloggers should be nervous. Is your blog officially approved by your organization or is it clearly a private matter? If you don’t have a clear answer to this question you should arrange for a meeting with your boss today.

The article is not online yet. Munkhammar says he will keep his blog.

Footnote: Bloggers saw this coming last week.