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Full story: Introducing FIR Cuts
An opportunity to hear what you won’t hear in the Hobson and Holtz Report. Your “For Immediate Release” co-hosts go to great lengths to ensure the twice-weekly podcast comes in at around an hour; we know that most of our listeners can’t deal with shows running 15, 20, or even 30 minutes over that magical 60-minute mark. (Update: Since April 2010, the Hobson and Holtz Report has been published weekly, with the show length up to 90 minutes.) In order…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #261: July 26, 2007
Content summary: What happened to Lee Hopkins; FIR nominated for Podcast Awards 2007; Dan York reports on Slideshare and offline blog editors; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; tech acceptance rates in PR: report; community writes script via wiki for Ford-sponsored online sitcom; dueling podcasting associations emerge; Power 150 goes to Advertising Age; listeners’ comments discussion; PodCamp UK and PodCamp Ireland; the music; and more. [Messages from our sponsors: FIR is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators…
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Full story: NewsGator RSS reader for iPhone works on other mobile phones
Now this is useful – a free RSS reader for your mobile phone from NewsGator. What makes it especially interesting is that it’s been released specifically for the iPhone – it’s called NewsGator Mobile for iPhone – but works on any mobile device. Well, it works brilliantly on my Nokia N73 which is about as far from an iPhone as you can imagine. Try it from your mobile phone – http://m.newsgator.com/ Earlier this month, I wondered whether a paid subscription…
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Full story: Yes you can talk about an acquisition in your blog
If you still think blogs don’t have a place as a valid public communication channel for communicating information related to a company’s finances, or a specific event such as an acquisition or sale, think again. Here’s a good example of how you can comfortably talk about such topics in a blog post. Earlier this week, Marc Andreessen, chairman of IT automation company Opsware, wrote a post on his blog in which he talked about the sale of his company to…











