Content summary: Shel’s on his own in Atlanta; two surveys for FIR listeners to take; review of Charlene Li’s Open Leadership is coming; listener comments; 5 minutes on… BPGlobalPR Twitter account inspires a similar effort aimed at ATT, the 15 most hated companies in America include Dell, study says people trust companies on Twitter; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: why you should think twice about location-based services, Michael Netzley reports from Asia; Mark Story reports on social media and government agencies, Coca-Cola sees ‘phenomenal’ result from Twitter ads, Dan York reports; music from French Kicks; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 28, 2009: A 62-minute podcast recorded live from Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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