Content summary: Neville’s at the Social Media Huddle filing reports via iPadio; Michael Netzley’s report; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: social websites like Facebook are signing on to new UK standards code for children, B2B companies are more active in social media than B2C companies, small businesses plan to increase social media spending in 2010, cities and towns take to Twitter for department-level communications, Southwest Airlines scores big with a Facebook video contest, questions about withdrawing controversial videos arise from the Method case study; listener comments including a roundup of the FIR Friendfeed room; music from MSU Orchestra; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for December 7, 2009: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA.

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