Month: February 2010

  • Will news be free forever?

    It will be if you read Le Figaro, according to PaidContent UK as the French newspaper prepares to launch its new content-access service on Monday. […] instead of hoisting up a paywall around all its news content, Le Fig is…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #525: February 11, 2010

    Content summary: Social media for the Bonnaroo Music Festival; special FIR discount for New Communications Forum 2010; FIR Interview with Marc Wright coming; Dan York in Berlin, Germany, reports on Google Buzz, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop;…

  • Google Buzz: it’s all about search and mobile

    The buzz about Google Buzz has been huge since the new service was announced by Google yesterday. Google Buzz gives you a social network built into Gmail, Google’s web-based email service (known as Google Mail in some countries including the…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #524: February 8, 2010

    Content summary: MediaFunnel FIR interview is up; Help A PR Pro Out; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: what Vodafone did when an employee tweeted obscenely, wide and mostly negative reaction to…

  • Twitter and Facebook part of Costa Rica election

    Electing a woman to be your head of state isn’t that big a deal these days. The latest country to join a long list of states with women leaders is Costa Rica: in the presidential election conducted yesterday, the winner…