Content summary: New Pollstream poll and results of last poll; listener survey results are coming, really; News That Fits: the global BlackBerry outage and communication: what now for RIM?; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on opacity in a global PR deal in Malaysia, and more; Ragan promo; it’s time to think about social media training; listener comments; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on iOS 5, the end of Jaiku, and more; corporate reputations are more vulnerable than ever; PR’s thin skin; Pollstream promo; GaggleAmp update; music from Crooked Saint; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for October 17, 2011: A 74-minute podcast recorded live from Rochester, Minnesota, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
