Content summary: My ooVoo Day: testing ooVoo desktop video conferencing; discussion: upcoming FIR Interview and Speakers & Speeches podcasts; the FIR Live show on BlogTalk Radio; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; the social media news release and PRWeb: update from Dave Fleet; the new FastCompany community; mashups are breaking the mould at Microsoft; why are PR students not blogging?; corporate coming and going in Second Life; Eric Schwartzman meets the newswires on the future of the press release; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Heidi; and more.
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Show notes for February 11, 2008
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 60-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Thursday February 14…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
