For Immediate Release

Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz analyze the news in digital and social media for communications professionals.

FIR #349: Marketing’s Pity Party

Journalism and Advertising are Taking Different Approaches to Artificial Intelligence, and More

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FIR #348: The Consequences of AI Panic

A useful website is gone thanks to unjustified panic among authors spooked by AI

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FIR #347: Digital Media, Star Power, and Wrexham

Two stars bought an obscure football club. Can just anyone emulate their success?

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FIR #346: The Daily Me, Video Version

A personalized 30-minute newscast sounds great, but it comes with consequences

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FIR #345: Sources of Information

In which your co-hosts share their routines for staying current with tech and comms news

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FIR #344: Sloganeering with AI

What if AI could improve on the world’s best-known slogans?

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FIR #342: Pulling at Threads’ Seams

It’s only two weeks old and people are already passing judgment.

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FIR #341: Influencers Amuck

Influencers are being paid to spread disinformation across social networks

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FIR #340: Will AI Destroy the Web?

All the signs are there. Is there time to avoid the worst-case scenario?

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