Intro: FIR Interview with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel published, second episode of FIR On Strategy with Andrea Vascellari posted, another new show for the FIR Podcast Network coming this week: “TV At Work with Ron Shewchuk”, new FIR listener survey in the works and coming soon;

Quick News: US politicians and government agencies turn to Twitter amidst #Shutdown, email still trumps social media for social sharing, what does Twitter’s IPO mean for B2B communicators?, Cotap wants to change the way we communicate at work; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Edelman report expands on brand sharing; Dan York reports with quick reactions to topics in last week’s show; defining who’s a journalist occupying politicians’ attention in the US; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments via audio and in the FIR Community on Google+; the science behind using online communities to change behaviour; no Asia report this week from Michael Netzley; the booming business of social spam is overtaking email spam;

Music from Kara Square and Piero Peluche; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for October 7, 2013: An 87-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday October 14…

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