Does PR add value to the blogosphere?

On November 1, I posted an item to this blog, part of the ongoing Edelman/Wal-Mart kerfuffle. In that post, I noted that the interview Edelman CEO Richard Edelman gave to IT World would be dissected, "the group of bloggers who don't like PR people being in the blogosphere," as Richard put it. In response, Amy Bellinger commented:

A Look Ahead: SEW Minus Danny Sullivan

Search Engine Watch and Danny Sullivan have been synonymous in the minds of search professionals for several years. After November 30th, Sullivan will no longer post to the SEW blog. Webproworld asked a group of well-known search industry pros for their thoughts on the day after Sullivan files his last blog entry under the SEW brand.

Yahoo Mobile Ads Go “Graphical”

Yahoo has launched a new "graphical advertising platform for its Mobile Web service," and - don't get too excited, now - "the first advertisements on this beta platform will go live later this week."