Quick News: B2B marketing metrics to learn from, corporate newsrooms still can’t deliver what journalists want, Dataminr: a Twitter tool “for when you don’t know what you’re looking for”, how a blackmailer acquired a popular twitter handle using social engineering of customer service reps; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: It’s time for “real time” to give way to “right time”; Dan York’s Tech Report: new “FIR On Technology” episode coming this week about new gTLDs, kudos to NFL and Fox Sports for allowing open access to viewing SuperBowl, comments on Coca-Cola’s SuperBowl ad (America The Beautiful) show we still have much to do with regard to racism and xenophobia; from control to influence: the evolution of internal communications; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; wearable technology is coming to a workplace near you; What’s new on the FIR Podcast Network: 8 new show episodes; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: a not-so-happy Chinese New Year as Sina Weibo use declines in China, and more; the strength of customer relationships with brands is declining;

Music from The Geronimo Line; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for February 3, 2014: An 89-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Monday February 10…

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