Around the blog in Paris

A one-day conference is being organized in Paris on 11 October designed to introduce participants to communication tools complementary to blogs such as RSS, podcasting, videocasting and tracking/buzz measurement – all elements of participatory communication. Set up as a series of informal roundtables, the event is being organized by Blogging Planet (the communication consultancy of […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #62: August 25, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (Google Talk; being offline for 24 hours; briefer show notes and iTunes Chapter Tool; CBC’s ad structure; PRblogs.org; show links; FIR brings Dan the news); Ziepod; Max Hansen reports from Blog Business Summit; Jeff Jarvis gets a result; Eric Schwartzman’s Spinfluencer report; CBC follow-up. Show notes for August 25, 2005 […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #63: August 29, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (pitching journalists; IABC recognition; great iRiver recording; how email spies work); blog etiquette: Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper trackback stand-off; Max Hansen’s second report from Blog Business Summit; the latest on Dell hell; Lee Hopkins reports from Australia; communication channels in organizations in times of change. Show notes for August […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #64: September 1, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (more on the PR blogger trackback stand-off; trackback spam; affinity for podcasts; FIR impacts HR; anonymous ok, but not cute and clever; show notes, etc); Hurricane Katrina and the role of blogs; developments in instant messaging; fired for blogging; blogger being sued; the Spinfluencer with Leo Laporte. Show notes for […]

FIR Interview: Jeremy Wright – August 30, 2005

In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Neville enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Jeremy Wright, blogger, author and consultant. Topics discussed include Jeremy’s business blogging book and his forthcoming launch of a new consumer blog network. About our conversation partner: Jeremy Wright is a serial entrepreneur, some have even said a blogpreneur for […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #65: September 5, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (new media, resumes and Googling job seekers; book promotion and blog tours); interviews and reviews; Ray Nagin’s radio interview, Zip 71101 podcast interviews and more Katrina news; new weekly podcast from Steve Rubel and Joseph Jaffe; from our Correspondent Down Under; Darren Barefoot argues that text is better than audio. […]

The latest ideas in broadcasting, online media and content

The IBC 2005 conference and exhibition opens in Amsterdam today and runs until Tuesday 13 September. This annual event, organized by the International Broadcasting Convention, takes place at the RAI conference center. The conference is divided into theme days covering Delivery to the Consumer, High Definition Television, Mobile Applications, Content Production and Protection and D-Cinema. […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #66: September 8, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (podcast junkie; support for parents; Ray Nagin interview case study; non-primary audience listener); Katrina – public service announcements, has Katrina saved the US media?, controversy over the word ‘refugee’; new reports from IBM, Edelman and Intelliseek; wikis, news releases, buttons and podcasting; the critical pieces in the change communication puzzle; […]

Podcasts for Katrina relief efforts

As part of our discussion about Hurricane Katrina in show #66 yesterday of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, Shel and I discussed an initiative by Podshow that enables podcasters to promote and offer appeal messages for supporting disaster relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina. If you visit the Podshow Cares page, you’ll find […]