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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #749: March 31, 2014

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31 March 2014

Intro: Neville’s away; our guest co-host is Olivier Blanchard, a brand management and digital communications consultant to companies and agencies around the world. Quick News: Google Glass in talks with Luxottica, makers of Ray Ban and Oakley sunglasses; USC’s Annenberg journalism school will offer a Google Glass course; Facebook acquires Oculus Rift (and creates some confusion); will Twitter do away with the @ and #?; Neville talks about two interviews he has conducted; Ragan promo; News That Fits: With all…
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FIR Interview: Jay Lauf, Publisher, Quartz magazine

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31 March 2014

In September 2012, Quartz entered the evolving mainstream media landscape with its offering, a digital business magazine intended primarily for consumption on tablets and other mobile devices. There is no print edition. In the eighteen months since the launch of Quartz – what it described as “a new type of publication in the new global economy for a new class of global business executive” – the digital magazine now reaches five million readers globally, according to publisher Jay Lauf, with…
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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #748: March 24, 2014

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24 March 2014

Intro: Neville on Skype via a 4G connection from Three UK; welcome to our new sponsor, Igloo Software; FIR interviews coming soon: with Ekaterina Walter and Jessica Gioglio on their new book “The Power of Visual Storytelling”, and with Jay Lauf, Publisher of Quartz magazine; Quick News: The rise of native advertising is fueling an increase in full-length mobile videos, Donna Papacosta and Steve Lubetkin collaborating on a new book about the business of podcasting, yes we’re talking about augmented…
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Igloo Software joins FIR as our latest sponsor

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23 March 2014

Please join us in welcoming Igloo Software as the latest FIR Podcast Network sponsor. Igloo, which offers a web-based platform for collaborating at work, will join Ragan Communications and CustomScoop as sponsors of The Hobson and Holtz Report. Through the Igloo platform, employees can share files, get (and share) answers, solve problems, locate information and expertise, and tap into the collective knowledge of the company’s customers, partners and peers, from wherever they are. For up to 10 people, Igloo is…
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Twitter eight years on

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21 March 2014

Today marks the eighth anniversary of Twitter, the communication platform that is globally ubiquitous today, the eleventh most-visited website in the world. From co-founder Jack Dorsey‘s first tweet on this day, March 21, in 2006, the number of active users of the service now exceed 240 million per month worldwide who tweet in more than 35 languages, with over three-quarters of people now using Twitter on a mobile device. Users range from the average Joe to celebrities, big brands, the…
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