Monday, February 02, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #419: February 2, 2009
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Feb 7; upcoming FIR Interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic; Michael Netzley reports on a kerfuffle over reporting about the Mumbai terrorist outrage last November; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: company blogs lead social media options says Hubspot survey, Reuters editor on twittering away standards or tweeting the future of journalism, Anheuser-Busch fuses PR and social media, Twitter domain squatting in the UK, the BBC claims control of a rogue Twitter account; Andrea Vascellari reports on the DLD conference in Munich, Germany; listeners’ comments and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about next Thursday’s show; music from Butta Skotch; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 2, 2009: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
FIR Cut: Michael Netzley’s Asia Report from Episode #417
Michael Netzley’s Asia Report is a regular segment on Monday episodes of FIR, but a technical glitch kept it from arriving on time for the January 26 episode. We’re including it here as a cut, but it will be back in its regular spot as part of FIR on February 2.
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #418: January 29, 2009
Content summary: Topic decided for FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Feb 7; FIR Interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic, next week; Dan York reports on the blurring of our lives, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Edelman’s 2009 Trust Barometer released, different handling of PR crises by Citigroup and the American Peanut Council, BuzzGain launches DIY PR service to the public, Microsoft’s mobile barcode tagging technology and what it may mean to communicators; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Runaway Dorothy; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 29, 2009: A 60-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
FIR Cut: Social Software Round-up
- The New Twhirl (preview release) for Team Seesmic-Twhirl
- Chat Catcher: Blog comments happen everywhere…
- PingPressFM: My real-time personal newswire
- Blubrry Powerpress Podcast Plugin from RawVoice: updated
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Monday, January 26, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #417: January 26, 2009
Content summary: Shel’s returning from Hawaii; congrats to Scott Monty; next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Feb 7; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: journalists say frustration with PR websites kills media stories, scandal over a Belkin employee’s questionable marketing tactics and the impact on Belkin’s reputation, 10 tips for PR and marketing in tough times, is live blogging breaking news a good idea?; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; advance news on planned FIR dine-around at IABC conference in San Francisco in June; music from Rob Szabo; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 26, 2009: A 55-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England and almost live from Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #416: January 22, 2009
Content summary: FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer posted; next FIR Live on Feb 7; Dan York reports on the new White House blog, CNN and Facebook, tools for Twitter, Identica, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: communication and other perspectives on the inauguration of US President Barack Obama, ghost blogging is illegal says CIPR, Mayo Clinic opens a new blog, how to find out who’s been scraping your blog; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about Monday’s show; music from Ros Wilting; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 22, 2009: A 61-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
FIR Interview: Jack O’Dwyer
Jack O’Dwyer is widely recognized as a voice of influence in, and a critic of, the public relations profession in the United States as well as an observer and journalist focused on the profession.
His firm, The O’Dwyer Company, has been covering PR, marketing communications and related fields for 40 years. The company provides news and information about PR firms and professionals, the media, corporations, legal issues, jobs, technology, and much more through its website, weekly newsletter, monthly magazine, directories, and guides.
In this wide-ranging FIR Interview, co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz engage in conversation with Jack O’Dwyer, addressing topics as diverse as a definition of public relations, the current state of PR, changes in PR and journalism, the role of associations such as PRSA and IABC, and more.
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Jack O’Dwyer is Editor in Chief at O’Dwyers, the company he founded in 1968. He majored in English with a minor in economics at the University of Connecticut, graduating in 1956. He worked at the Connecticut Post as police and labor reporter until 1961 and then joined the New York Journal-American, then the biggest afternoon newspaper in the US, as a financial writer. Later, he became New York ad columnist for the Chicago Tribune from 1968 until 1972.
While writing for the Trib, he started the O’Dwyer newsletter in 1968. The monthly magazine followed in 1986 and the website came in 1998. Since 1970, his company has produced the annual O’Dwyer’s Directory of PR Firms, currently listing about 2,000 firms. Odwyer’s also publishes the PR Buyers Guide each January as part of the magazine, listing about 1,000 PR services in 57 categories.
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