Content summary: Shel’s still in São Paolo thanks to Tropical Storm Isaac; what’s behind the number ‘666’?; Giovanni Rodriguez interview is up; Quick News: Facebook launches Edge Studio for agencies, is Feedburner about to be closed by Google?, new features could lure more brands to Instagram, add your social media marketing tip to GaggleAmp’s blog; Ragan promo; News That Fits: McKinsey study ‘Unlocking Value and Productivity Through Social Technologies’; Dan York reports on US political conventions and the media, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; if you want to shop at Jasu, you’ll need a Klout score of at least 40; more Klout: Chevy offers 3-day test drive to well-connected drivers with high Klout scores; social is the new DNA says Movenbank who wants you to know your CRED score; listener comments; Feds try Facebook approach to crowdsource improvements to financial rules; TemboSocial promo; no report this week from Michael Netzley in Singapore; Prince Harry, naked pics and ‘What Happens in Vegas (Doesn’t) Stay in Vegas’; music from Stereomaniacs; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for August 27, 2012: An 82-minute podcast recorded live from São Paolo, Brazil, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday September 3…

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