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; Prince Harry in Afghanistan: are media embargoes still valid today?; Ford’s social media initiative in Canada; social media survey says agencies “don’t get it”, another survey says UK businesses slow to take up social media; Lee Hopkins reports on I…

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 Williams, Sr. VP of Social Media Product Planning and Aaron Strout, VP of New Media about the growing demand for community and social media solutions, and the ongoing consolidation in the industry. About our Conversation Partners Rusty Williams, most recently…