Author: Neville Hobson

  • Factory Media talks Programmatic and Native Advertising

    Guest author Chris Talintyre is Head of Audience Development & Activation at Factory Media and talks about the power of understanding huge audiences in real-time and the opportunities it’s bringing to leading brands targeting sports enthusiasts. As consumers increasingly share…

  • Just a bit less minimalist

    About a month ago, I made a big change to this website when I redesigned it and combined the blog with my business website, with both on the same single domain. At the time, I talked up my strong feeling…

  • The future looks mobile for Facebook

    Facebook posted its financial report on July 23 for the second quarter of its 2014 financial year. The report shows financial pluses across the board for the mega social network in significant areas: Overall revenue for the second quarter of…

  • FIR Cut: Michael Netzley’s Asia Report for Episode #765

    Due to technical issues, Michael Netzley‘s Asia Report did not arrive in time for inclusion in FIR #765 published on July 21, so we’re offering it as an FIR Cut. Discussion references: SIA says sorry for insensitive social media posts…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #765: July 21, 2014

    Quick News: French blogger fined for writing a critical restaurant review that achieved a high Google search ranking, Russian government caught editing Wikipedia entry for MH17 tragedy, is PressFriendly making PR agencies sweat?, Bing follows Google in offering Europeans the…