Category: For Immediate Release

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #515: January 7, 2010

    Content summary: A musical interlude from Eric Schwartzman and Bryan Person; congratulations to Edelman for ‘Agency of the Decade’ award from The Holmes Report; upcoming FIR Interview with Andrea Weckerle; FIR Live on Jan 23; Dan York has resolutions for…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #514: January 4, 2010

    Content summary: Welcome to the 5th anniversary episode; how FIR started; first test audio from Dec 2004; clip from FIR #1 on Jan 3, 2005; some listener comments; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; acknowledging our correspondents, past and…

  • Marking five years as a podcaster

    Today, January 3, 2010, is rather a special day for Shel Holz and I as it marks the fifth anniversary of For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report, the podcast we both started on January 3, 2005. To me,…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #513: December 31, 2009

    Content summary: FIR 5th anniversary show on Monday; next FIR Live on Jan 23; Dan York says goodbye to 2009 and looks forward to the Tens; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: how should government address information…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #512: December 28, 2009

    Content summary: Comments for the first FIR Video; fifth anniversary show on Jan 4; next FIR Live on Jan 24; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the top ten stories from Asia during 2009; discussion: the ethics of non-attributed posts…