63. Risks are from innocent updates in social networks – no different than offline disclosure rules.
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Notes de l'éditeur
Today we are looking at a greater audience for news and information than ever before. The speed, breadth, and depth of information is reaching a wider audience then ever. The increased access and searchability of that content is also reaching new heights with journalists, investors, and consumers. This is now a hold of the financial industry as well as the casual investor as new technology allows people to make more informed decisions much more quickly.
According to Nielsen analysis, Television and Radio are still reaching more adults today. However, the study also finds that reach isn’t enough. While TV and Radio still reach more people, online is where the real influencers are. This shift is happening more and more where the people who control budgets in companies and budgets in households are turning to online sources for their news and information.
Emphasis should be placed on when a company website can be recognized as a channel of distribution If needed, quote from interview done with Brian Lane, former Director of the Division of Corporate Finance at the SEC and BrocRomanek – former counselor to SEC Commissioner Laura Unger: “ Online, Press Releases are still the satisfactory way to fulfill Reg FD, precisely because they are not conversational. According to a legal requirement known as the ‘duty to update’, social media channels expose public companies to risks that press releases do not. Non-Selective Disclosure means non-selective engagement in social media communiations, which MAY be more than most CEO’s or IRO’s who are excited about social media, can easily satisfy.” Source: http://www.ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/social-media-investor-relations-special-with-former-sec-attorneys.aspx
Emphasis should be placed on when a company website can be recognized as a channel of distribution If needed, quote from interview done with Brian Lane, former Director of the Division of Corporate Finance at the SEC and BrocRomanek – former counselor to SEC Commissioner Laura Unger: “ Online, Press Releases are still the satisfactory way to fulfill Reg FD, precisely because they are not conversational. According to a legal requirement known as the ‘duty to update’, social media channels expose public companies to risks that press releases do not. Non-Selective Disclosure means non-selective engagement in social media communiations, which MAY be more than most CEO’s or IRO’s who are excited about social media, can easily satisfy.” Source: http://www.ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/social-media-investor-relations-special-with-former-sec-attorneys.aspx