Content summary: The ‘5 Things’ tag game; five social media trends that will impact PR; Southwest Airlines’ consumer-generated media competition; the TechCrunch war of words gets serious; reports from Dan York and David Phillips; Shel and Neville look back over 2 years of FIR with clips from show milestones 1 (Jan 3, 2005), 25 (April 18, 2005), 50 (July 14, 2005), 75 (Oct 10, 2005), 100 (Jan 5, 2006), 125 (April 3, 2006), 150 (June 29, 2006), 175 (Sept 25, 2006) plus listeners’ comments; FIR interview with Alex Laats posted; upcoming interview with Steve Rubel on Dec 22; no FIR on Christmas Day; the music; and more.
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Show notes for December 20, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 94-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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In This Edition:
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So, until Thursday December 28…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
