Month: June 2008

  • FIR Interview: PR Junction podcast – Jon Hoel interviews Shel Holtz

    Jon Hoel recently interviewed Shel Holtz for his PR Junction podcast, but technical difficulties have prevented him from presenting the interview, or any other episodes of PR Junction. Jon asked if FIR could distribute the interview through the FIR interviews…

  • FIR Interview: Susanne Dirks, IBM, on the 2008 Global CEO Study

    In May 2008, IBM published the 2008 Global CEO Study, the largest study of chief executives ever conducted. Based on face-to-face interviews with over 1,100 CEOs from 40 countries across 32 industries, the study is designed to capture insights on…

  • Focus on the conversation not the medium with Skype 4 beta

    Skype, the internet phone service, has opened a public beta test of Skype 4, the next version of the software you use to make phone and video calls and do text messaging. If you’re a Skype user, you’ll notice an…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #355: June 19, 2008

    Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview; free ticket on offer to KMP’s London conference; Dan York reports on ScreenFlow, seesmic and Skype 4 beta; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion: AP’s rocky relationship with the blogosphere; US workers online study;…

  • All rights reserved at AP

    Reading a Reuters story on their website, I noticed something that highlights to me what’s at the heart of the problem with the Associated Press. These two international news agencies seem to be poles apart in their philosophy about content…