Author: Neville Hobson

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #355: June 19, 2008

    Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview; free ticket on offer to KMP’s London conference; Dan York reports on ScreenFlow, seesmic and Skype 4 beta; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion: AP’s rocky relationship with the blogosphere; US workers online study;…

  • All rights reserved at AP

    Reading a Reuters story on their website, I noticed something that highlights to me what’s at the heart of the problem with the Associated Press. These two international news agencies seem to be poles apart in their philosophy about content…

  • Yes, blogging can be art

    The old saying “I don’t know much about art but I know what I like” is one I apply to myself much of the time. About the only art works I have at home where I know (and can remember)…

  • AP snippets and a big red flag

    It’s hard to see what’s driving the thinking at the Associated Press in light of the storm of anger they have whipped up as they implement what looks to be a “pay-as-you-quote” system that you should comply with if you…

  • Firefox aims for another first

    Are you going to download Firefox version 3.0 today? After months of testing the new browser version and quite a few public betas and release candidates (I’m currently running RC2), the final version will be available at 5pm GMT today.…