The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #470: July 30, 2009

Posted on July 30, 2009 at 7:51 pm (UK)
in: For Immediate Release

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Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview is coming; developing stories we’re watching: the SpinVox kerfuffle, patent for podcasting by VoloMedia, the extraordinary tale of Aral Balkan and Sys-Con/Ulitzer; Dan York reports on the Microsoft-Yahoo search and online advertising deal; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: could marketing investments grow because of buzz?, Journalism.co.uk crowd sources how to write the perfect press release, why you should conduct a social media audit, what the CEO of Crocs did when a blogger threatened him (what would you do?); listeners’ comments discussion; the Twitgigs Experiment in London next week; music from M Lovers; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for July 30, 2009: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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So, until Monday August 3…

(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)

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