Category: For Immediate Release

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #690: February 11, 2013

    Intro: Recording on Sunday Feb 10, Allan Schoenberg interview set for this week, enhancements to FIR Google+ Community page; Quick News: BBC trials trainee communicators’ programme, journalists taking refuge in the world of branded content, systems of engagement ‘will revolutionise…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #689: February 4, 2013

    Intro: Fix for FIR mobile app updates, Allan Schoenberg interview still planned; Quick News: Companies failing to accommodate shift to mobile, IBM security tool can flag ‘disgruntled employees’, YouTube introducing paid subscriptions, Swedish bloggers commit to posting 50,000 blog posts…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #688: January 28, 2013

    Intro: Welcome new listeners via the CIPR and MyNewsDesk, FIR Interview with PRCA’s Francis Ingham published, upcoming FIR Interview with Allan Schoenberg of CME Group, today is Data Privacy/Protection Day; Quick News: Many ways brands can use Vine and a…

  • FIR Interview: Francis Ingham, CEO PRCA, on PR apprenticeships

    In July 2012, the first national PR Higher Apprenticeship qualification programme in the UK was announced by the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA), Pearson in Practice, Edexcel and Skills CFA. It intends to create 600 apprenticeship roles within the PR…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #687: January 21, 2013

    Intro: Edelman Trust Barometer 2013 published today: we’ll have some commentary next week, FIR Interview with PRCA’s Francis Ingham re-set for this week, snow permitting; Quick News: Sociability of CEOs of large companies has nearly doubled, seismic change in consumer…