The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #128: April 13, 2006

Content summary: Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper bury the hatchet; Eric Schwartzman interviews Harold Burson, Matt Murray, Al Golin and Ali Velshi; PR Week US editor Keith O’Brien is public with his blog; BlogBurst syndicates blogs to top mainstream media; Dan York reports; is the PR blogosphere fractionalizing?; David Phillips reports; listeners’ comments discussion (FIR makes commute bearable, podcasts in the workplace, the Amazon/Naked Conversations fallout, social media behind the firewall, listening to FIR); FIR listener survey update; the music.

Show notes for April 13, 2006

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 82-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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In This Edition:

Intro:

00:28 Shel introduces the show; welcome listeners from Talent Zoo; what the show’s about; show notes
03:09 At the San Francisco geek dinner – Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper bury the hatchet

News and Commentary:

06:53 From the Spinfluencer in LA – Eric Schwartzman interviews Harold Burson, Matt Murray, Al Golin and Ali Velshi
22:18 PR Week US editor Keith O’Brien is public with his blog
24:27 BlogBurst syndicates blogs to top mainstream media
30:29 Dan York reports from Vermont, USA – tax advice from podcasts; incentives to podcast listeners to give audio comments; guidelines for group blogs; what’s the strangest place from which you’ve posted a blog entry?
37:20 Kami Huyse and Constantin Basturea wonder if the PR blogosphere is fractionalizing – we take a shot at Constantin’s six questions
51:32 David Phillips reports from Wiltshire, England – social media combines a number of tools that are just not possible in the off-line world

Listeners’ Comments Discussion:

57:26 Dave Briggs says FIR made his 2-hour commute bearable
59:20 Tom Keefe on issues with listening to podcasts in the workplace, the frustrations of losing your place on an MP3 player, and adopting social media as part of a plan to improve internal communications
66:16 Stephen Turcotte on the interchange and fallout between Amazon CTO Werner Vogel and the Naked Conversations guys, Shel Israel and Robert Scoble
71:14 Marcel Ruiter has more thoughts on social media behind the firewall, and has an explanation on why some FIR listeners don’t listen to any other podcasts

Outro:

74:05 Neville wraps the show; let us know your views about today’s discussions; how and where to send your comments; where to find the show notes
76:27 FIR listener survey update
77:30 Outro podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network – Show Me How You Rock ‘n’ Roll by The Gentlemen

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