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Round-up of w/e Friday 21 December, 2012

Snow Sports News

France > CBC Sports: Tina Maze continues World Cup giant slalom domination
Global > Skiing Business: Scott Sports Buys Garmont Boots Outright
Italy > Globe and Mail: Ted Ligety wins classic Alta Badia giant slalom by large margin
Italy > First Tracks: Nyman Wins Val Gardena Downhill
Italy > CBC Sports: Aksel Lund Svindal wins Val Gardena super-G by wide margin
Russia > Racer Ready Magazine: Reserve your tickets for Sochi 2014 Olympic winter games
Sweden > Calary Herald: Teen Mikaela Shiffrin earns 1st World Cup slalom victory in Sweden
UK > The Edinburgh Reporter: Edinburgh company buys Italian ski resort
UK > Racer Ready Magazine: Snowsport England welcomes Sport England boost for participation and talent
USA > First Tracks: Dew Tour Opens Olympic Qualifying Season in Breckenridge

Tech & Social Media News

BBC News: Instagram denies having right to sell users’ photos
Marketing Land: How To Download All Your Tweets With The New Twitter Archive Service
Mashable: 2012′s Biggest Winners and Losers
Search Engine Land: Facebook Still Top Search Term In 2012 As One-Word Searches Rise 16 Percent
The Wall: Google and Nike are the most shared social video brands of 2012
The Wall: Reaching the milestone – Smartphone ownership rises above the 50% mark for the first time

PR News

UK > BBC News: Prosecutors clarify offensive online posts law
UK > PR Week: Social media guidelines given cautious thumbs up by PR industry

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Round-up of w/e Friday 14th December, 2012

Snow Sports News

Austria > CBC Sports: Max Franz to miss 3 weeks of skiing with head injuries
Beijing > Air&Style.com: Highlights Oakley and Shaun White Air & Style Beijing 2012
France > Reuters: Home win for Pinturault in Val d’Isere slalom
France > Reuters: Austrian men get season’s first win with Hirscher in GS
France > Washington Post: Women’s World Cup super-G race in Val d’Isere cancelled
France > CBC Sports: Lara Gut wins Val d’Isere downhill, Vonn crashes out
France > Racer Ready Magazine: Maze makes it three from three in GS this season as things boil up
UK > Racer Ready Magazine: Gillings finishes 5th in opening World Cup Boardercross
UK > Racer Ready Magazine: Ryding talks in depth after Obereggen Europa Cup race
USA > Salt Lake Tribune: Global warming hits Utah’s ski industry hard
USA > Freeskier Magazine: The North Face Park and Pipe Open kicks off 2012/13 tour at Copper Mountain
USA > The Denver Post: Expanding snowmaking not top priority for Aspen Skiing Co.

Tech & Social Media News

Mashable: Twitter Adds Instagram-Like Photo Filters
Mashable: Hands-On With Instagram’s News Features
Tech Crunch: Facebook Could Earn Up To $1B A Year From Gifts Now That It’s Rolled Out To All U.S. Users
Tech Crunch: U.K. 4G Auction Process Kicks Off
The Guardian: From Euro 2012 to Gangnam Style: what Britons Googled most this year
The Wall: A Year on Twitter – A look back at the Tweets that made 2012

PR News

UK > PR Week: Leveson Report a warning to PR ‘not to become the next scandal
UK > PR Week: Greenpeace’s John Sauven hails social media campaigning after Waitrose halts Shell plans

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Round-up of w/e Friday 23rd November, 2012

Snow Sports News

Canada > Whistler Question: Osborne-Paradis set to return at Lake Louise
Canada > Eurosport: Albrecht hospitalised by Lake Louise crash
France > Eurosport: Grange to skip US World Cup events
France > PlanetSki: ESF cancels London flashmob
Switzerland > Eurosport: Beat surrender: downhill star Feuz out for year
UK > Snowboard Club.co.uk: Business up at London Ski and Snowboard Show
UK > PlanetSki: More snow cannons for CairnGorm
UK > BBC Sport: Ben Cavet: Teenage mogul skier takes French nationality
UK > BBC Sport: Snowboarding: Zoe Gillings ready for new season
UK > Snowboard Club GB: New snowboard indy Guinness World Record set at Chill Factore
USA > Freeskier Magazine: Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships daily schedule released, ski big air to debut on December 13
USA > First Tracks Online: Lindsey Vonn is Back Training on Snow
USA > SKI Magazine: Celebrating Vail Colorado’s 50th Opening Day
USA > First Tracks Online: Nor-Am Cup Series Begins at Loveland This Saturday
USA > The News Tribune: Skiers, snowboarders brave one-hour line for opening day at Crystal Mountain
USA > San Francisco Business Times: Lake Tahoe resorts open for business

Tech & Social Media News

BBC News: Kickstarter sued over 3D Systems’ printer patent
Marketing Land: Delicious Offers Sneak Peek At Upcoming Redesign
Marketing Land: Ghost Town? Study Says 70 Percent Of Facebook Pages Are Inactive
Mashable: Apple Has Approved 1 Million Apps for the App Store
Tech Crunch: Myspace Lost $43M In 2012.
The Wall: Tweets drive users to retail websites, and makes them more likely to buy [Survey]

PR News

UK > Press Gazette: After ITV settlement, Lord McAlpine turns legal guns on ‘high profile’ Twitter users
UK > Press Gazette: Mail Online promises further global expansion as revenue rises to £28m

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Ski Press is a dedicated PR and Marketing company that specialises in the snowsports industry. We target relevant media organisations to suit your requirements and have a no nonsense approach to speaking with the people that matter to you. Ski Press can write and distribute your press releases across both online and traditional media platforms and uses its extensive network of contacts to effectively promote your news story or product launch to suit your worldwide target audiences.

Ski Press | info@ski-press.com | t: +44 (0)7543 799338 | Robert Stewart

Round-up of w/e Friday 16th November, 2012

Snow Sports News

Austria > AimeeFuller.co.uk: Aimee Fuller takes 1st place at O’Neill Pleasure Jam, Dachstein
Canada > Freeskier Magazine: Whistler Mountain to open early, Saturday, November 17
Canada > Eurosport: Alpine Skiing – Lake Louise given go-ahead
Canada > Alpin Canada: Canada’s Robbie Dixon suffers leg injury
Finland > Racer Ready: Hoefl-Riesch wins for the third time in Levi
Finland > Racer Ready: Myhrer makes it three wins on the bounce in Levi
Global > ESPN: The 2013 Red Bull Cold Rush freeskiing contest has been cancelled
Iceland > Iceland Review: Skiing Season Begins in Iceland
UK > BBC News: Oasis Leisure Centre revamp plans go on show
USA > ESPN: X Games Aspen 2013 invited snowboard athletes
USA > Oregon Live: Timberline Ski Area gets jump on other resorts; it’s open now with skiing on Palmer snowfield
USA > Aspen Daily News: World Cup races will skip Aspen in 2013
USA > Sierra Sun: Northstar, Heavenly ski resorts to open Wednesday; Kirkwood on Friday
USA > Ski Racing: Vonn released from hospital, illness still a mystery
USA > Vail Daily: Vail Mountain ski season begins Friday

Tech & Social Media News

Marketing Land: Study: iPad Controls 98 Percent Of Tablet Web Traffic
Mashable: Apple Pays Swiss Federal Railways $21 Million For Clock Icon [VIDEO]
PR Daily: Pinterest launches business accounts
Tech Crunch: Skype Planning A Big Social Advertising Upgrade, Starting First With Windows 8
Tech Crunch: Apple’s Stock Price Crashes To Six Month Low And There’s No Bottom In Sight
The Wall: Twitter improves Twitter Search and introduces Tweet by email

PR News

Global > PR Daily: TechCrunch declares war on ‘pay for placement’ PR firms
Global > The Wall: Google advertising revenue surpasses US print industry [print is dead]
UK > PR Week: PR industry blames ‘cumbersome’ Wikipedia for Finsbury editing issue
UK > The Wall: Fuelled by GIFs Tumblr sets its sights on major UK advertisers

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Ski Press is a dedicated PR and Marketing company that specialises in the snowsports industry. We target relevant media organisations to suit your requirements and have a no nonsense approach to speaking with the people that matter to you. Ski Press can write and distribute your press releases across both online and traditional media platforms and uses its extensive network of contacts to effectively promote your news story or product launch to suit your worldwide target audiences.

Ski Press | info@ski-press.com | t: +44 (0)7543 799338 | Robert Stewart