Mashable Tech & Social Media Events Discount Guide: 2009 Edition (Mashable)
Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media partnership. January 11-13, 2009: Affiliate Summit West is the largest Affiliate Summit, the premier affiliate marketing conference, of the year. This three day conference ...

NRA protects gun rights (Hutchinson News)
Do extreme laws to control guns work? Look at some of the actual results from other countries and ma ...

Pharmaceutical Industry: Knowledge and Organizational Gaps Hamper Implementation of Digital Marketing Tactics and Tools (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Regulatory Issues Also Prevent Full Integration of Digital Strategies into Marketing Mix, Finds New MarketBridge Study

Marketwire and GuideStar Offer More PR Opportunities to Non Profit Organizations (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Marketwire, a full-service newswire and communications workflow solutions provider, and GuideStar, USA, Inc., the nation's largest portal for philanthropic and nonprofit information and resources, announce an exclusive partnership that empowers charitable organizations with more opportunities to maximize PR efforts, boost branding and increase ROI.

Film review: Love and Honour (Guardian Unlimited)
After Twilight Samurai and Hidden Blade, the 77-year-old Japanese director Yoji Yamada has made another samurai movie on similar lines, marketed as the third in a "trilogy". If Douglas Sirk made films about 19th-century samurai warriors, this might be the kind of picture he'd make. Shinnojo (Takuya Kimura) is a low-ranking samurai who is a food-taster to the Shogun. A poisoned dish turns ...