Content summary: The most listener-driven-content show we’ve done; Mitch Joel on the Foreword Thinking podcast; Mike Bellina rants about the future of print media; lots of listener suggestions for file sharing services to add to Dan York’s commentary; Rob Safuto tells us about the Blubrry Jam To Fight Cystic Fibrosis, the first charitable campaign from Blubrry; legislation proposed in the US by John Kerry to extend the Freedom of Information Act to bloggers; European survey identifies social software as disruptive communication innovation; 100 most prolific bloggers; Shel’s airport interview in Brazil with Mateus Furlanetto and Maria Russell; Bryan Person says talk about Twitter continues, and looks at how Forgetablogit will help a company set up a blog and also ghost-write the posts; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next Thursday’s show; the music; and more.

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Show notes for March 19, 2007

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Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 59:57-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Thursday March 22…

(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)

One response to “The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #224: March 19, 2007”

  1. james avatar

    following up on the twitter discussion……have you guys found jaiku.com? Seems like this is like a more adult version of Twitter. j