The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #639: February 20, 2012

Content summary: Next FIR Book Club with Katie Paine is this Friday Feb 24; Shel and Neville speaking at the Ragan PR Summit in Amsterdam in April; GaggleAmp update; News That Fits: is PR really getting it wrong as Forbes says?; Dan York reports on ebooks and more; Ragan promo; reflections on Social Media Week; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; CEO authenticity counts, and five “red flag” CEO phrases; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Social Media Week, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology launches a dedicated social media research center, and media news from China and India; TemboSocial promo; a verdict in the long-running Meltwater vs NLA licensing kerfuffle in the UK but the AP ups the ante in the US; music from Charo Sofia; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for February 20, 2012: A 72-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.


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So, until Monday February 27…

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