Category: For Immediate Release

  • FIR Interview: Robert Cox, President, Media Bloggers Association

    When the Associated Press issued a takedown notice to a blogger for citing AP material, a firestorm ensued. In the middle of the controversy was Robert Cox and the Media Bloggers Association. Cox met with AP’s Jim Kennedy in an…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #360: July 7, 2008

    Content summary: Introducing the FIR community browser toolbar; next FIR Live on July 26; upcoming FIR Interviews; discussion: the dispersed staff; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Turner Entertainment’s multimedia campaign aims to raise the profile for…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #359: July 3, 2008

    Content summary: Shel and Ryan Williams have reviewed Groundswell; an interview with the Media Bloggers Association’s Robert Cox is set for next Tuesday; Dan York reports on identi.ca, among other things; CustomScoop presents the Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits:…

  • FIR Book Review: Groundswell

    Groundswell is the highly-anticipated book by Forrester Research vice presidents and principal analysts Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Subtitled “Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies,” the book seeks to show organizations how to tap into the power of…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #358: June 30, 2008

    Content summary: Neville’s in Manchester; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on a Text 100 survey of Asian bloggers, and on a professional conference in Singapore and an academic conference discussing China’s Internet; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That…