While reports continue to flood out of the business world of companies blocking employee access to online venues – notably social media and especially social networks – Serena Software has taken the opposite approach, actively encouraging employees to network with each other on Facebook. Serena’s CEO, Jeremy Burton, has written about his philosophy for ZDNet Asia; the company even issued a press release about it. In this exclusive FIR Interview, Shel Holtz talked with Burton about the "Facebook Fridays" program,…

Content summary: Follow-ups: GM’s new podcasts and Max Kalehoff’s new gig; new FIR Facebook page; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; the rise of APML; UK law firm Clifford Chance sponsors law blog; the coming mashup era; Wall Street Journal online to be free; a PR-specific Google hack; weak US dollar spells opportunity for US PR firms; Dan York reports on corporate blog portals and more; listeners’ comments discussion; music from Catriona; and more. [Messages from our sponsors: FIR is…