Month: May 2006

  • The meaning of corporate governance

    The Summit for The Future on Risk conference starts today in Amsterdam and runs until Friday. I’ll be there this afternoon and Thursday morning, participating in the corporate governance knowledge stream. Should be a stimulating session with plenty to talk…

  • Podcast survey: FIR listeners are influential, educated, mobile and global

    The results are in from the first FIR Listener Survey that ran during April, providing us with invaluable feedback on a wide range of topics including what listeners think of the show, how and where they listen, and with some…

  • Blackberry future in doubt again

    “Blackberry saved” was a common theme of news reporting in March after Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the ubiquitous Blackberry wireless phone/email device, came to a $612 million settlement in its legal battle defending a claim for patent infringement.…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #133: May 1, 2006

    Content summary: Another pay for placement scandal; the rise of the non English-language blogosphere; FIR Listener Survey results; Lee Hopkins reports; PR and the education curriculum; kids and communication: Part 1; listeners’ comments discussion; FIR Frappr community update; vote at Podcast…

  • The multilingual blogosphere

    Everyone knows that the blogosphere continues to grow, still doubling in size every six months or so, maintaining a consistent three-year growth trend. But figures so far tend to relate to English-language blogs only. So it’s good to see some…