
NMRCast
The New Media Release working group podcast
Sunday, March 11, 2007
FIR Speakers & Speeches/NMRCast - NCF Panel on the Social Media Press Release: March 8, 2007
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
NMRCast #14 - 01/27/07 - What a week it’s been
The New Media Release Podcast, episode 14 can be downloaded here, heard directly from this page, or subscribed to via the NMRCast feed. Also, the Apple iTunes subscription is now available here or by searching for NMRCast at the Apple iTunes store under “podcasts.” If you subscribe to the FIR “everything” feed, however, this podcast will not be included.
Content summary:Since the Third Thursday event and Stowe Boyd’s subsequent post, there has been a flurry of activity in the blogosphere addressing the value (or lack of value) for a social media news release. Chris Heuer, Tom Foremski, and Shel Holtz review the various points different posts have made and how it can affect the develoment of the social media release..
Show notes for Jan. 27, 2007
Welcome to NMRCast episode #14, a 29-minute podcast recorded live from the San Francisco Bay Area.
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In This Edition:A sampling of posts appearing this week, in reverse chronological order, followed by two key reference sites for the Social Media Press Release:
- Shel Holtz’s post, “Stowe says I don’t get it”
- Stowe Boyd’s post, “Shel Holtz is the Perfect Example of PR People Who Don’t Get It”
- Stowe Boyd’s post, “The Pefect Example of PR People Who Don’t Get It”
- Phil Gomes’ post, “Stowe and Scoble Hate the New Media Release—EVERYBODY PANIC!”
- Lionel Menchaca’s Direct2Dell post, ““Social Media Press Releases” Deep Jive Interests post on the subject, “Why the Social Media Press Release Matters” Shel Holtz’s post, “Throwing out the tool with the blogwater”
- Brian Solis’ post, “Enough Already: Getting the Social Media Press Release All Wrong”
- Robert Scoble’s post, “Stowe’s Right, Let’s Kill the Social Media Press Release Now”
- Stowe Boyd’s post, “Public Relations and Social Media: The Press Release is Dead”
- The new Social Media Release site, home of the social media release requirements
- Google Groups mailing list for New Media Release discussion (please join!)
Saturday, January 20, 2007
FIR Speakers & Speeches/NMRCast - Third Thursday Panel Discussion: January 18, 2007
Content summary: The Bay Area’s Third Thursday group, meeting at Shine SF in San Francisco, heard a panel discussion about the Social Media Press Release. The panel discussion was led by Chris Heuer, and featured Shel Holtz, Brian Solis, Tom Foremski, and special guest, Joel Tesch from BusinessWire.
At the session, Mike Manuel, one of Third Thursday’s founders, announced a new partnership with Social Media Club and the Society for New Communication Research.
Stowe Boyd, who was at the event and asked a few questions, voiced his alternate view of the social media release on his blog, and Chris responded on the Social Media Release blog. Nothing like a bit of controversy to get the juices flowing!
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Monday, December 11, 2006
NMRCast #12 - 12/11/06
The New Media Release Podcast, episode 12 can be downloaded here, heard directly from this page, or subscribed to via the NMRCast feed. Also, the Apple iTunes subscription is now available here or by searching for NMRCast at the Apple iTunes store under “podcasts.” If you subscribe to the FIR “everything” feed, however, this podcast will not be included.
Content summary:The full complement discusses the entries of Fleishman Hillard and Edelman to the social media news release party; Chris provides an update on the integration of microformats into the social media press releases standard; Tom responds to a colleague’s question about whether journalists want a new type of press release; Chris covers progress toward planning a social media new release summit.
Show notes for Dec. 11, 2006
Welcome to NMRCast episode #12, a 28-minute podcast recorded live from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Download the file here (MP3, 12.9 MB), 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 Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In This Edition:
- Weblo’s social media release, produced by iStudio and High Road Communications, affiliated with Fleishman Hillard
- iStudio’s blog post about the Weblo release
- Fleishman Hillard’s Ed Lee blogs about Canada’s first social media news release
- Edelman’s announcement of the debut of StoryCrafter
- Edelman’s Phil Gomes offers blog posts—part one and part two—discussing Edelman’s StoryCrafter
- The microformats website
- Tom Foremski’s post, Do journalists want a social media news release? from Silicon Valley Watcher
- Social Media Release Wiki (contribute your case studies)
- The new Social Media Release site, home of the social media release requirements
- Google Groups mailing list for New Media Release discussion (please join!)
Saturday, December 02, 2006
NMRCast #11 - 12/01/06
The New Media Release Podcast, episode 11 can be downloaded here, heard directly from this page, or subscribed to via the NMRCast feed. Also, the Apple iTunes subscription is now available here or by searching for NMRCast at the Apple iTunes store under “podcasts.” If you subscribe to the FIR “everything” feed, however, this podcast will not be included.
Content summary:Everybody (Chris, Tom, Brian and Shel) is participating today; reactions to the social media release concept; announcement of an upcoming social media release summit; please post your case studies to the social media release wiki!
Show notes for Dec. 1 2006
Welcome to NMRCast episode #11, a 29-minute podcast recorded live from the San Francisco Bay Area and Kansas City, MO.
Download the file here (MP3, 13.4 MB), 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 Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In This Edition:
- Social Media Release Wiki (contribute your case studies)
- The new Social Media Release site, home of the social media release requirements
- Google Groups mailing list for New Media Release discussion (please join!)
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
NMRCast #10 - 11/01/06
The New Media Release Podcast, episode 8 can be downloaded here, heard directly from this page, or subscribed to via the NMRCast feed. Also, the Apple iTunes subscription is now available here or by searching for NMRCast at the Apple iTunes store under “podcasts.” If you subscribe to the FIR “everything” feed, however, this podcast will not be included.
Content summary:Participants: Chris Heuer announces Nov. 2 release of social media release requirements. Chris joins Brian Solis and Shel Holtz to discuss social media release metrics.
Show notes for Nov. 1 2006
Welcome to NMRCast episode #10, a 32-minute podcast recorded live from the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, DC.
Download the file here (MP3, 29.1 MB), 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 Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In This Edition:
- The new Social Media Release site, home of the social media release requirements
- Google Groups mailing list for New Media Release discussion (please join!)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
NMRCast #9 - 10/25/06
The New Media Release Podcast, episode 8 can be downloaded here, heard directly from this page, or subscribed to via the NMRCast feed. Also, the Apple iTunes subscription is now available here or by searching for NMRCast at the Apple iTunes store under “podcasts.” If you subscribe to the FIR “everything” feed, however, this podcast will not be included.
Content summary:Participants: Chris Heuer, Brian Solis, Shel Holtz. talk about about Edelman’s woes and the notion of disclosure; we catch up on working group progress; and we talk a bit more about tags.
Show notes for Oct. 25, 2006
Welcome to NMRCast episode #9, a 25-minute podcast recorded live from the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, DC.
Download the file here (MP3, 11.6 MB), 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 Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In This Edition:
- Google Groups mailing list for New Media Release discussion (please join!)


