Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; communications-related Pollstream poll now on FIR site; diary reminder for next FIR Live on Feb 19; two new FIR Book Review podcasts posted; upcoming FIR Interview with Laura Thomas of Dell about #tradesecrets; congratulations to Pete Blackshaw who joins Nestlé as Global Digital Chief; good luck to Claire Thompson with her new venture, SEO PR Training; listener comments discussion; News That Fits: will AOL and Huffington Post become a ‘next-generation American media company’?, Dan York reports on AOL and content strategy and more, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, is Kenneth Cole’s ‘Egypt’ tweet a calculated ploy or an inconsequential mistake or a reputation crisis?, Pollstream promo, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the Year of the Rabbit and more; music from Stalling Dawn; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for February 7, 2011: A 61-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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So, until Monday February 14…

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