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    The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #411: January 5, 2009

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    Neville Hobson

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    5 January 2009

    Content summary: Marking four years of FIR on Jan 3; upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Israel/Gaza/social media follow-up: Steve Lubetkin podcast interview with Israeli consul in USA; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; David Phillips reports from the shadow of Stonehenge; News That Fits: the 13 skills of the […]

    Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #411: January 5, 2009
  • Entertainment, Mainstream Media, Public Relations, Social Networks, Society, Twitter

    Some journalists’ fascination with Twitter

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    Neville Hobson

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    5 January 2009

    Both the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Telegraph published stories about Twitter yesterday. As a way of bringing this micro-blogging / text chatting / social network / service to the attention of a wider UK public, both papers have done a good job for their combined circulation of nearly 3 million. Unfortunately, both papers have […]

    Full story: Some journalists’ fascination with Twitter
  • Business, Communication, For Immediate Release, Podcasting, Public Relations, Social Media, Technology

    Starting the fifth year of the FIR podcasts

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    Neville Hobson

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    3 January 2009

    Four years ago today – on January 3, 2005 – we published the first episode of a new podcast called “For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report.” Describing ourselves as “Neville Hobson, ABC, and Shel Holtz, ABC, a pair of communication professionals who think they have something to say,” we set out to introduce […]

    Full story: Starting the fifth year of the FIR podcasts
  • Online Media, Technology, Weblogs

    Wikio top 30 UK tech blogs for Jan 2009

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    Neville Hobson

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    2 January 2009

    Last month, my friends at information portal and news search engine Wikio gave me a pre-publication look at December’s top 20 list of the most influential tech blogs in the UK. They’ve done the same for the January 2009 list, this time giving me an exclusive look at the top 30 UK tech blogs from […]

    Full story: Wikio top 30 UK tech blogs for Jan 2009
  • Business, Experiences, Gadgets, Mobile, Reputation

    O2: phone service awful, store service great

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    Neville Hobson

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    2 January 2009

    It’s been a major frustration since Boxing Day – no iPhone! From one day to the next, my iPhone suddenly didn’t work. When I turned it on, all that happened is the screen you see in the image. The most frustrating thing has been multiple (and all unsuccessful) attempts to speak to anyone at O2’s […]

    Full story: O2: phone service awful, store service great
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