May 4, 2015 archive

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #806: May 5, 2015

Intro: Neville is in Boston, Gini Dietrich is guest co-host; Steve Rubel is hosting a new podcast, Content Convergence; Geeks Bearing Gifts book review coming this week;

Quick News: Converse knows how to work with fans, bad tweets from the Houston Rockets and the City of Cleveland prompt different apologies, Johns Hopkins University students will no longer eat chicken, a change to Promoted Tweets gives more ammunition to native advertising’s critics; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop;

News That Fits: Bud Light promotes misogyny, Virtual Reality is coming to journalism, listener comments discussion, Walmart laid off employees and then provided well-being health advice to them, Igloo Software promo, Dan York’s Tech Report (including ISOC support for Nepal earthquake victims, how to test your website, certificate pinning, WebRTC voice chat web app, and Soundcloud as a podcast platform), the last week on the FIR Podcast Network, PR needs more SEO (and vice versa);

Music from David Peck; and more.

For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for May 4, 2015: An 80-minute podcast recorded live from Chicago, Illinois, and Concord, California, USA.

Links to websites, blog posts and other content we discuss in the show are posted as Delicious bookmarks to facilitate your connection with the discussions and sharing of that content.

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So, until Monday May 11…

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FIR #806 – 5/4/15 – For Immediate Release

Neville's in Boston, Gini Dietrich is guest co-host; new Steve Rubel podcast; a chat with Gini; Quick News: Converse knows how to work with fans, bad tweets of the week, JHU student's won't eat chicken, Twitter's bad native ad decision; Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, News That Fits: Bud Light promote misogyny, VR journalism is coming, listener comments, Walmart's health advice to laid-off employees, Igloo Software promo, Dan York's Tech Report, the last week on the FIR Podcast network, PR needs more SEO, music from David Peck; and more.