Year: 2008

  • Government to ban product placement on TV

    One of the great things about digital TV and a personal video recorder (PVR) is the ease with which you as a viewer can wholly control what you watch. With the exception of the news, I rarely watch TV as…

  • Meetup in Chicago June 27

    I’ll be in Chicago from June 25-28 for the New Media Academic Summit 2008 hosted by Edelman and PR Week, speaking on one of the panels. A post soon about the event but meanwhile, a note for your diary –…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #353: June 12, 2008

    Content summary: Debating blogging and art at Microsoft’s DesignIT 2008; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on June 14; discussion: FIR Live call-in show on PR spam on June 11; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York’s rant on…

  • For Immediate Release: Special Live Call-In Show on PR Spam – June 11, 2008

    Content summary: A special live call-in episode, recorded on BlogTalk Radio, featuring a distinguished panel of experts addressing the issue of PR spam. Listen to FIR now: [display_podcast] Get FIR: Download the MP3 file (21Mb, 61:11) Subscribe to the RSS…

  • Who has responsibility for addressing PR spam?

    Since I last wrote about PR spam a few weeks ago, I’ve been keeping an eye on some of the email that’s ended up in the spam folders in Outlook. It’s a never-ending stream of spam, and it’s getting worse…