Content summary: New call-in number for North America; a recap of Ragan’s International Public Relations and Social Media Summit in Amsterdam last week; Shel and Neville’s session from Amsterdam is a Speakers and Speeches post on FIR; an update on last week’s Pinterest report highlights a UK campaign to get women to stop driving while wearing high heels; News That Fits: five new studies combine to provide a clear picture of the direction digital content is going, a discussion on whether Procter & Gamble made the right decision to block employee access to Pandora and Netflix, Ragan promo, Michael Netzley’s Asia Report focuses on the right amount of transparency and China’s political legitimacy crisis, listener comments discussion, the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, Dan York’s report includes Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram and the photo service 500px, five ways to get the most out of your Google+ experience, TemboSocial promo, a look at a study that shows companies generate greater returns on investment from proprietary social networks; music from Millencolin; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for April 16, 2012: An 82-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday April 23…

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