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.

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So, until Monday June 9…

Posted by neville on 06/05 at 12:24 PM

  1. What can the cause of this bizarre comment shortage be? Well, in my case, the fact that I only finished listening to FIR 350 this evening, and am barely halfway through FIR 351.

    I love the idea of a press release grader and am a long-time fan of the Bullfighter. I’m thinking of subscribing to the Twitpitches, too, having just signed up for Help a Reporter Out.

    But what’s with these long strings of characters that Libsyn is appending to file names? I don’t know whether it shows up in iTunes, but for us Juice users, at least, it’s rather odd. Is it part of a new tracking service, or something? I’ve been shortening the file names before I copy new episodes onto my MP3 player, because I dislike gibberish in file names.

    How much of this Andrew Cohen business do you think was linkbait rather than genuine conviction? It has certainly succeeded in stirring people up and attracting a lot of attention, and these days I’m a bit suspicious of anything so overtly provocative and controversial.

    Posted by Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch")  on  06/05  at  05:38 PM

  2. Great show. Great song. Neville your question about lone host, double act?  They both work great, but differently. This show was really sharp in that it ticked along quickly with clear transitions.  When you and Shel are together we get interesting dialogue.

    Posted by Sherrilynne Starkie  on  06/06  at  01:13 AM

  3. Nice music, interesting podcast - added to my rss reader and will wait for new.

    Posted by Date  on  06/19  at  11:16 PM

  4. waoo! 26mb MP3 file? i’m downloading it but its gonna take some time with my slow conneciton

    Posted by Buy discount iPods  on  06/24  at  09:53 AM

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