Back to normal with Shel in California and Neville in the UK, both connected via a Skype call;
Quick News: Facebook bans “like our page” campaigns, consumers want more from the wearables market says PwC report, small businesses put their trust in reviews of vendors, Samaritans charity pulls “suicide watch” Radar app; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: Trust me, PR isn’t dead, says Stephen Waddington in a new call to action for PR professionals; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: how Singapore’s human flesh search engines combat corrupt business practices; what’s driving the renaissance in podcasting, and should marketers jump on board?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio, email and from the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; ads are coming to the comments section of publisher sites that use Disqus; Dan York’s Tech Report from Hawaii, on remote working, virtual staff and the virtual water cooler, and more; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; Igloo Software promo; giving brand journalism a bad name: Chevron’s opacity with the Richmond Standard, and Verizon barely discloses it’s behind a news site and bans reporting of net neutrality on it;
Music from Elephant Revival; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for November 10, 2014: An 96-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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So, until Monday November 17…