Content summary: Two FIR Book Reviews posted: "Welcome to the Fifth Estate" and "The Thank You Economy"; Shel and Neville interviewed in SimplyCommunicate and Neville on SimplyTV; an offer from our friends at the Inside PR podcast (we accept!); results of the most recent Pollstream poll; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Dove’s response to criticism over its latest US ad campaign, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on business social networks in Singapore and Japan and more, CustomScoop to provide 100 free media monitoring accounts for disaster relief organizations, apologizing on Twitter satisfies after defamation lawsuit, France bans use of mentioning "Facebook" and "Twitter" in the media, Dan York reports on IPv6 Day and more, Pollstream promo; Shel’s at the IABC World Conference in San Diego next week; music from The Seventh Sound; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for June 6, 2011: A 64-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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So, until Monday June 13…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)