Hobson and Holtz
The Hobson & Holtz Report
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #562: August 30, 2010
Content summary: Follow-up on survey samples; correction on Disney blog aggregation story from last show; listener comments discussion; 5 minutes on… the Oxford English Dictionary may become an online-only publication, ghost-blogging firms, new thriller sells more e-books than hardcovers, how the public views PR/advertising; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News that Fits: Burson’s "State of Mobile Communications" report, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Pakistan and floods, meet the Chief Listening Officer, FTC issues order to PR firm to remove fake reviews, Dan York reports on video pictures books and more, Mark Story reports from inside the US federal government on enterprise 2.0 and gov 2.0; music from Alyshen; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 30, 2010: A 65-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #561: August 23, 2010
Content summary: Listeners’ comments and discussion; 5 minutes on… Have you heard of Facebook Stories (and Twitter Tales)?, books disruption: Seth Godin will no longer publish the old way and ads are coming, Disney invites bloggers to get aggregated, Skype etiquette; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Dan York reports on serendipity and discovery, Michael Netzley in Singapore takes a look at mobile communications in Indonesia; music from A Band Called Quinn; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 23, 2010: A 67-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #560: August 16, 2010
Content summary: FIR Live #18 posted; David Parmet joins Converseon; listener comments; 5 minutes on… Twitter’s official tweet button has arrived, a few mobile web stats and facts, HP has lost its way, GAP offering FourSquare discount; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: TweetChats for business, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the tragic, the unusual and an accomplishment, a UK survey suggests that social networks rival newspaper sites for breaking news, social media in a disaster, Dan York’s report, UK PR agencies defend work for foreign governments following critical reporting in The Guardian; music from Reggae Far East; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 16, 2010: A 72-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #559: August 9, 2010
Content summary: FIR Interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic, posted; diary note: FIR Live is on August 14; Thanks for your votes: we’re #1 on Podcast Alley (Business); listener comments; 5 minutes on… Virgin America’s Toronto Provacatuer, HP Labs analyzes what makes a tweet influential and Tom Foremski explains it, big brands using newspaper circulars on Facebook, new business podcast in the UK from Journalism.co.uk; News That Fits: Farewell Google Wave, Dan York reports, it’s in the metadata: US FDA warns pharma firm Novartis about Facebook promotion, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; music from The Generators; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 9, 2010: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Monday, August 02, 2010
FIR Cut: Facetime opens door to iPhone porn
- NYDailyNews.com: iPhone 4’s ‘Facetime’ video chat leads to porn-anigans: adult industry sneaks sex talk past Apple
- Wired.com: Porn Industry Aroused by iPhone FaceTime
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #558: August 2, 2010
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR Interview with Forrester’s Augie Ray posted plus Andy Smith on Speakers & Speeches, interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic, coming this week; Dominic Sparkes joins panel for FIR Live on August 14; SNCR calls for entries for 5th Excellence in New Communications Awards; listener comments; 5 minutes on… QR codes hit the mainstream, Twitter newspapers like Paper.li offer new engagement opportunities; News That Fits: What the communicators at Europe’s air traffic control learned from the Iceland volcano ash cloud crisis, Mark Story reports from inside the US federal government, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, here come the Cisco Old Spice copycats, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, IABC/Buck survey on employee engagement, Dan York reports; music from Freeky Cleen; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 2, 2010: A 64-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.
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Monday, July 26, 2010
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #557: July 26, 2010
Content summary: Contest continues for free FIR iPhone app; next FIR Live is August 14 with panellists that include Steve Rubel, Scott Monty and Jennifer Cohen; new FIR Interview with the Smithsonian’s Michael Edson posted, another one to come this week with Forrester’s Augie Ray; no report from Michael Netzley this week (get well soon, Michael!); listener comments discussion; 5 minutes on… BP’s carrier pigeons, the Social Media Club hits 100,000 members, why Facebook will never add a ‘dislike’ button, Coca-Cola porn Facebook and kids; News That Fits: The new world of crisis PR, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, social media doesn’t have a place in Metro Bank’s ‘revolution’, Dan York reports on high school reunions and more; music from New Bomb Turks; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 26, 2010: A 65-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.
Share your comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for future shows, in the FIR FriendFeed Room. You can also email us at fircomments@gmail.com; call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America), +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe), or Skype: fircomments; comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
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