Author: Neville Hobson
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FIR at 19: A Milestone in Podcasting
Nineteen years ago this past week, Shel Holtz and I founded and launched the For Immediate Release podcast. Back then, podcasting was in its infancy and we began a journey at a time when it was more of an experiment…
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Key Themes in my Writing Agenda for 2024
During the Christmas/New Year break, as I considered what topics I might explore in this blog in 2024, I reflected back to remind myself of what I’ve been writing about in 2023. Given the blog’s broad embrace of being “at…
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Wrapping up a Year of Innovation
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the journey we’ve travelled this year at Ideas to Innovation, a business podcast I host for Clarivate. This year, we’ve delved into a diverse array of topics,…
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How to achieve audio excellence in podcasting
When I started podcasting in January 2005, anyone’s expectations about audio quality didn’t matter much. Unless you were a radio station with a studio, what you could expect was pretty rough and ready audio quality, especially if you wanted to…
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The hate speech problem on X: a test of conscience for users and brands
I’ve often wondered what event would happen, or what tipping point would be reached, for people to abandon ship on X formerly known as Twitter. Since being acquired by Elon Musk in October 2022, the social network’s decline that has…