Content summary: Lawrence Ragan Communications, Inc, sponsors FIR; MP3 download issues; Podcast Awards 2007 nominations; new SNCR Journal is out with project Shel worked on; Dan York reports on FeedBurner Pro and MyBrand, the iPhone podcaster kit, Pownce; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; is Google now in the PR business?; lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement in Second Life; Webit PR launches social media press release; controversy and lawsuit over SAP subsidiary’s unauthorized Oracle file downloads; David Philips’ one-minute news items and reports on evaluating online PR; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more.

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Show notes for July 5, 2007

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 58-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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In This Edition:

• #255 show notes at The New PR Wiki

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If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments; or comment at Twitter: twitter.com/FIR; or at Jaiku: fir.jaiku.com. 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.

So, until Monday July 9…

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