Content summary: Network issues delay FIR; Shel’s in Las Vegas; Apple iPhone PR update; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on screen capture utilities, a social network event, face reviews, Windows Live Writer; UK newspapers offer more free content online; blogging increasingly common among elected officials in the US: report; Microsoft is the UK’s number one brand: Superbrands 2007 survey; Debbie Weil stir on pimping for comments for client’s blog; David Phillips reports on managing uncertainty or how we can take what seem to be greater risks using social media; listeners’ comments discussion including Paull Young on the Second Chance Trees Project; the music; and more.
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Show notes for July 12, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 60-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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In This Edition:
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So, until Monday July 16…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)
