The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #62: August 25, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #62: August 25, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (Google Talk; being offline for 24 hours; briefer show notes and iTunes Chapter Tool; CBC’s ad structure; PRblogs.org; show links; FIR brings Dan the news); Ziepod; Max Hansen reports from Blog Business Summit; Jeff Jarvis gets a result; Eric Schwartzman’s Spinfluencer report; CBC follow-up.

Show notes for August 25, 2005

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Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 67-minute conversation recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Download the file here (MP3, 26.5MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free iPodder, DopplerRadio or iTunes 4.9, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).

In this edition:

Intro:

  • 00:29 Shel introduces the show; what the show’s about; how to give your feedback; what’s in this edition; show notes

Listeners’ comments discussion:

  • 02:30 Dan York asks what we think of Google Talk? Neville has tried it.
  • 09:01 Neville explains why he’s been offline for the past 24 hours
  • 11:29 Steve Rubel suggests briefer show notes and use the iTunes Chapter Tool
  • 13:51 Eric Eggertson clarifies CBC’s structure on advertising, TV vs. radio
  • 14:51 Robert French on PRblogs.org
  • 16:07 Sebastian Kiel thinks the column links on the podcast blog should go to the show notes not the MP3 files
  • 17:18 Dan York again, in Ottawa, who finds out what’s going on through listening to FIR

News and Features:

  • 18:43 Ziepod, a next-generation podcatcher, offers some cool options including streaming podcasts and a rating system
  • 22:52 Max Hansen‘s first report from Blog Business Summit - themes that emerged: medium vs. genre norms
  • 34:05 Jeff Jarvis’ open letter to Michael Dell finally gets a response from Dell
  • 39:49 The Spinfluencer in LA: Eric Schwartzman - audience demand for porn podcasts; an interview with Chris Marlowe, executive editor of the Hollywood Reporter
  • 57:16 CBC employee lockout follow-up

Outro:

  • 60:10 How to give your feedback (new email address: fircomments@gmail.com); show notes; Shel won’t be live on Monday’s show
  • 62:01 Shel intros the music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Listeners’ comments discussion - Dan York, Google Talk, Fredrik Wacka, Gmail, Skype, MSN Messenger, AOL, Yahoo Messenger, News Corporation, Hot Recorder, Jyve, Starbucks, EasyInternetCafe, Steve Rubel, iTunes Chapter Tool, Eric Eggertson, CBC, Robert French, PRblogs.org, BlogSavvy, edublogs, Lexblogs, Sebastian Kiel, Tom Keefe.

News and Features - Robin Good on Ziepod, Ziepod, FeedZie.com, iTunes, FeedDemon, Winamp, Max Hansen, Blog Business Summit, Boeing, Randy’s Journal, Chris Brownrigg, DL Byron, Clip-n-Seal blog, Dave Winer, Jeff Jarvis, Dell, Online Media Daily report on Dell, Jennifer Davis, Business Week Online: Dell in the Bloghouse, Eric Schwartzman, Search Engine Watch, Sitemeter, FCC, Hollywood Reporter, Chris Marlowe, Variety, Slingbox, Slim Media, ParticipatoryPR.com, VNU Media, Lexis-Nexis, CBC, Howard Harawitz, CBC Unplugged, iLoveRadio.org, Tod Maffin, Robin Rowland.

Outro - Podsafe Music Network, CC Chapman, Podshow Network, Chance, Say What You Will, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com (new email address), or call the Comment Line at +1 206 984 0931. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

So, until Monday August 29…

Posted by neville on 08/25 at 11:50 AM

  1. Hello, Shel and Neville!

    Just wanted to let you know that something that Chris Marlowe said towards the end of your podcast about pitching journalists really resonated with me. I myself have been researching and contacting journalists to promote my own business (all under the tutelage of the lovely and talented Amy Gahran), and have already had a moderate level of success applying the kind of research and tactics that Ms. Marlowe and Ms. Gahran recommend. I even wrote a short blog article about it referencing your show and Ms. Marlowe’s comments: http://talkitup.typepad.com/weblog/2005/08/pitching_journa.html

    Thanks for keeping my neurons flashing!

    Posted by Heidi Miller  on  08/29  at  07:00 AM

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