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Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #353: June 12, 2008

Content summary: Debating blogging and art at Microsoft’s DesignIT 2008; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on June 14; discussion: FIR Live call-in show on PR spam on June 11; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York’s rant on PR spam, and more; the CIA goes Web 2.0; blogging is good for you, says Scientific American; Microsoft launching TownSquare enterprise social network platform; will FriendFeed change journalism, PR and marketing?; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next week’s shows; music from Guardian Mind Mix; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 12, 2008: A 59-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

FIR Show Notes links
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.


Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.

So, until Monday June 16…

Posted by neville on 06/12 at 10:05 AM
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Monday, June 09, 2008

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #352: June 9, 2008

Content summary: Next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio: June 11 and June 14; congratulations to John Cass on move to Forrester Research; upcoming FIR Interview podcasts; follow up: CBS News’ Andrew Cohen with more on PR; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Microsoft’s Paolo Tosolini explains the latest development for Academy Mobile; five questions companies ask about social media; instant messaging study; defending a brand: GM and Hummer; US federal agencies and social media; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on blogging in Egypt, Plurk in Singapore, and social networking competition in China; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Rising Conviction; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 9, 2008: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.


Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.

So, until Thursday June 12…

Posted by neville on 06/09 at 09:57 AM
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Thursday, June 05, 2008

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #351: June 5, 2008

Content summary: Travels this week; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on June 11; follow up: PRSA video response to CBS News; Shel reports from Minneapolis; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; new ways of pitching; Offbeat Guides brings personalization and print on demand to travel publishing; study predicts that most people will get news via the net within five years; NASDAQ offers free access to real-time stock prices; twittering Phoenix Mars Lander; Dan York reports on US presidential campaign engagement, and more; listeners’ comments from the FIR FriendFeed Room; music from Little Plastic Stars; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 5, 2008: A 56-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

FIR Show Notes links
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; share content in the FIR FriendFeed Room; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR; or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.

So, until Monday June 9…

Posted by neville on 06/05 at 12:24 PM
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Monday, June 02, 2008

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #350: June 2, 2008

Content summary: Vote for FIR on Podcast Alley; Next FIR Live call-in shows: June 11 and June 14; Neville’s in Germany, Shel’s in Baltimore; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report; One-Minute News: PR challenges include a scarf that became a liability and how companies handle fraudulent claims that attract media attention, more conversation about PR spam, a new free online service grades your press releases, PRSA responds to an attack on the ethics of PR practitioners; a report from Ricardo in Latin America; listener comments from the FriendFeed FIR room; music from Noam Weinstein; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 2, 2008: A 56-minute podcast recorded live from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and as live as it can be from Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; share content in the FIR FriendFeed Room; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR; or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.

So, until Thursday June 5…

Posted by shel on 06/02 at 05:30 AM
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #349: May 29, 2008

Content summary: Next FIR Live call-in shows: June 11 and June 14; FIR FriendFeed room developments; discussion: the importance of brand advocacy with Twitter as a prime example; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Whole Foods’ CEO Mackey is blogging again; corporate trust takes a hit with phone bugging scandal at Deutsche Telekom; Dan York reports on the Wall Street Journal D and Google IO conferences, and more; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next Monday’s show; music from Get Back Loretta; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 29, 2008: A 58-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

FIR Show Notes links
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; share content in the FIR FriendFeed Room; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR; or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.

So, until Monday June 2…

Posted by neville on 05/29 at 09:16 AM
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Monday, May 26, 2008

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #348: May 26, 2008

Content summary: The May 24 FIR Live call-in fiasco; next FIR Live on June 11; new FIR room on FriendFeed; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore about the Ogilvy Verge conference, The Open Room, and Social Media Breakfast; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; GAP study; the micro threat to big social networks; American Airlines’ PR strategy; Barack Obama is master of the new Facebook politics; PR secrets for startups from Brian Solis, Loic le Meur and Robert Scoble; listeners’ comments discussion; music from David Steele; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 26, 2008: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

FIR Show Notes links
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; share content in the FIR FriendFeed Room; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR; or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.

So, until Thursday May 29…

Posted by neville on 05/26 at 05:23 AM
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Monday, May 19, 2008

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #346: May 19, 2008

Content summary: New FIR Interview published; FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio May 24; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on internet control in China and asks about the business implications; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; marketing Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford on seesmic; IBM and wikis; reflections on Bulldog Reporter’s audio conference on blogger relations; journalism and Twitter: too much PR, says BusinessWeek’s Stephen Baker; listeners’ comments discussion; news about Thursday’s show; feedback from a podsafe band; music from Crush; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for May 19, 2008: A 65-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Concord, California, USA.

FIR Show Notes links
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the show notes home page for info.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments; or comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR; or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

Join the FIR Discussion Forum and extend your conversations with the FIR community. You can also join the FIR Facebook Community and become an FIR friend.

So, until Thursday May 22…

Posted by neville on 05/19 at 03:02 PM
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