Content summary: Next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on March 18; Shel’s at the Ragan conference in Las Vegas; Dan York reports; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion: what’s the best way to distribute a social media news release?; News That Fits: how the Guardian’s Open Platform could let a thousand stories bloom, social networking eclipses email so is email marketing still a sound strategy?, the difference between PR and publicity, Lockheed-Martin giving social networking a spin; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Crush; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for January 12, 2009: A 69-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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So, until Monday March 16…

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