The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #389: October 16, 2008

Content summary: Shel’s in North Carolina; Dan York reports on the Canadian general election, real-time Friendfeed and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits with guest co-host Bryan Person - highlighting poverty on Blog Action Day 2008, BBC extends online reach with first ‘interactive reporter’, launch of m.seesmic.com, WordPress acquires Irish start-up PollDaddy, economic indicator: UK marketing budgets cut at record rates in Q3, the value of agency PR in an economic downturn; listeners’ comments discussion and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; news about next week’s shows; music from New Leaf; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for October 16, 2008: A 59-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Austin, Texas, USA, and Cary, North Carolina, USA.

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