Intro: FIR Interview with SoundCloud’s Eric Wahlforss is up, keynoter podcasts coming from The B2B Huddle;

Quick News: 300 social media policies, software engineer develops tool for retracting a tweet, thoughts after a week or two with Google Glass, Lowe’s cracks the code on using Vine for marketing; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: The future of PR agencies; Michael Netzley reports on companies in Singapore ranked by reputation; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments and Google+ FIR Community roundup; the change in how we learn with the rise of MOOCs; Dan York reports on the challenges using SoundCloud;

Music from Kim Jarrett; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for May 6, 2013: An 88-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday May 13…

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