Author: Neville Hobson

  • FIR #810: The deepening FIFA scandal, sponsors and reputation

    Intro: FIR Interview with Leila Janah posted, FIR Interview coming with Netvibes CEO Freddy Mini and marketing director Kim Terca; Neville’s taking an “FIR break” in June: what you can expect in the meantime in Shel’s network experiment; Quick News:…

  • FIR Interview: Leila Janah and The Future of Work

    FIR Interview: Leila Janah and The Future of Work

    The expansion of the global internet population will continue to have a profound impact on infrastructure, education, finance, commerce, and healthcare, among other industries worldwide. That was a major theme of The Next Billion London, a one-day conference on May…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #809: May 25, 2015

    Intro: FIR Interview with Leila Janah coming this week, FIR Podcast Network shows make Cision top 50 PR/Marketing podcasts recommendations; Quick News: Tweets now appear in Google search results, communication leaders aren’t leading very well, 110 photojournalists run National Geographic’s…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #808: May 18, 2015

    The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #808: May 18, 2015

    Intro: New FIR website (and a hint of more to come), FIR’s new Pinterest account – and a board for sharing books for young communicators; Quick News: How T-Mobile blew $200K on a campaign against Verizon, Domino’s to roll out…

  • A new platform for a new network: the FIR Podcast Network is live

    A new platform for a new network: the FIR Podcast Network is live

    When we introduced For Immediate Release on January 3, 2005, we had no idea we’d still be podcasting more than a decade later. We didn’t know what the state of podcasting would be, that the scope of FIR would expand,…