Content summary: Floods in England; iMeme conference interviews by Sallie Goetsch in upcoming FIR Interviews podcast; discussion on offline blog editors; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Facebook activisim; 17,500 Microsoft employees use Facebook; ignore online writers at your peril; the blurring line between online and offline advertising; employee firings for online activities on the rise; should newspapers become local blog networks?; David Phillips reports on floods and social media: in times of crisis, where does the power to provide the news come from?; the music; and more.
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Show notes for July 23, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 60-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Los Angeles, California, USA.
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So, until Thursday July 26…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
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