The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #316: February 4, 2008

Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR live on BlogTalk Radio Feb 9; Marantz PMD-620; get the new FIR widget; two initiatives from Ragan Communications: My Manager social network, IABC international conference coverage; Lee Hopkins reports; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Tom Foremski’s request for PR pitches; Microsoft and Yahoo: organization and communication challenges; changes at Utterz; listeners’ comments discussion; music by Matthew Ebel; and more.

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Show notes for February 4, 2008

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So, until Thursday February 7…

Posted by neville on 02/04 at 09:59 AM

  1. Dear Shel and Neville,

    Greetings from Germany!

    Just tried to vote at Podcast Alley for your show, but got a message that I had already voted this month which is not the case. Hope they fix the bug soon . . .

    Many thanks for the great podcast!

    Best wishes,
    Nikolay

    Posted by Nikolay Simov  on  02/05  at  02:18 AM

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