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Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #375: August 28, 2008
Content summary: PR Week blog contest update; brief discussion of FIR interview with Maggie Fox and Geoff Livingston; discussion of Jason Calacanis’ post about do-it-yourself PR for startup CEOs who should fire their PR agencies; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; Dan York’s report and a follow-up discussion about the state of Technorati; the music from Amy MacDonald; and more.
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 28, 2008: A 64-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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