Monday, December 14, 2009

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #509: December 14, 2009

Content summary: Shel’s on the road; experimenting with VodBurner; FIR Live next month; FIR’s 5th anniversary on Jan 3, 2010; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with a cultural backgrounder to the TechCrunch/Fusion Garage falling-out over the CrunchPad; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: The Yes Men impersonate Coca-Cola employees at Copenhagen, Tiger Wood’s PR hell as Accenture departs, Hewlett-Packard’s social apps, Habbo Hotel launches conversation tracking tool; Mark Story reports from the heart of the federal government in Washington, DC; listener comments’ discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about next Thursday’s show; music from Sunspot; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 14, 2009: A xx-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Thursday December 17…

Posted by neville on 12/14 at 08:32 AM
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