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Month: July 2010

  • FIR Cut: Vaseline skin lightening cream meets social networking

    Overflow from FIR #556 on July 19, 2009. Salon.com: Skin-lightening meets social networking NDTV Profit: Vaseline’s skin-lightening Facebook app stirs debate Download this podcast (798Kb, 1:51) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the…

  • FIR Cut: BBC tests tracking real-time Twitter trends with Zeitgeist tool

    Overflow from FIR #556 on July 19, 2010. Journalism.co.uk: BBC tests tracking real-time Twitter trends with Zeitgeist tool BBC R&D Blog: Zeitgeist – the most shared BBC links on Twitter Download this podcast (1.52Mb, 3:42) If you want to automatically…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #556: July 19, 2010

    Content summary: New FIR Interview and Book Review posted; three winners of the contest to win free FIR iPhone apps: Ike Pigott, Stephen Waddington, Kris Gallagher; listener comments; 5 minutes on… social messaging dos and don’ts, Foursquare mayors get 25%…

  • Opportunity knocks for a good UK business podcast

    One of the things that continues to surprise me is the lack of niche business podcasts in the UK. I don’t mean the slickly-produced offerings from mainstream media organizations, of which there are many. By ‘niche,’ I mean podcasts like…

  • Introducing PollStream, FIR’s newest sponsor

    We’re delighted to welcome Pollstream as a new sponsor to For Immediate Release. We learned several years ago that listeners welcome sponsors that offer content relevant to their work. Ragan Communications’ steady stream of opportunities for communications-focused professional development and…