Intro: Thank you for participating in the FIR Listener Survey 2013, results report soon; Episode 5 of FIR On Strategy with Andrea Vascellari is up; Neville and Bryan Person at the UK Social Media Communications Awards 2013 in London last week; Neville in discussion with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel about the age of context at a CIPR event in London on Oct 28, recording coming as an FIR Speakers and Speeches podcast;

Quick News: The role of news on Facebook, Ryanair looks serious about its U-turn on customer service, native advertising draws attention of BBB’s National Advertising Division, Twitter keeps IPO communication in-house; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: Knight Frank and #LostMyGiggle: real-time learning from ignoring the conversation then joining it; the power of a good logo; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and from the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; the decline of Wikipedia: how can communicators help?; Dan York reports on GTLDs, the open internet, and more; why aren’t brands, marketers and communicators planning for mobile messaging apps?;

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for October 28, 2013: An 86-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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So, until Monday November 4…

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