Category: For Immediate Release

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #324: March 3, 2008

    Content summary: New FIR Interview; news about Thursday’s show; vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; David Phillips reports on YouTube live video and other disrupters; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; summary of surveys about mainstream media and the web;…

  • FIR Interview: Rusty Williams and Aaron Strout of Mzinga – March 3, 2008

    Mzinga and Prospero – both companies that have grown through acquisition – have merged to become a significant provider of community and social media services for internal and external purposes. In this FIR Interview, Shel Holtz talked with Mzinga’s Rusty…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #323: February 28, 2008

    Content summary: Discussion: can new PR professionals build a media contact list through social media?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; kerfuffle at the Medill School of Journalism; social network updates: LinkedIn goes mobile, Financial Times launches social networks; can…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #322: February 25, 2008

    Content summary: Welcome to Podfinder listeners; FIR Interview on GMnext posted; discussion: how blogging can connect or widen the gap between employers and employees; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; DataPortability.org launches logo contest as response to legal pressure; what…

  • FIR Interview: Catching up wth GMnext – February 23, 2008

    It has been six weeks since the launch of GMnext, General Motors’ ambitious communication effort aimed at tighter integration into the social media space and earnest, comprehensive engagement in conversation with customers and other constituents. In this FIR Interview, Shel…