For Immediate Release

Hosted ByNeville Hobson and Shel Holtz

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


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FIR #491: Deloitte’s AI Verification Failures

Big Four consulting firm Deloitte submitted two costly reports to two...

FIR #490: What Does AI Read?

Studies purport to identify the sources of information that generative AI...

FIR #489: An Explosion of Thought Leadership Slop

In the long-form episode for November 2025, Shel and Neville riff...

FIR #488: Did a Soda Pop Make AI Slop?

For the second year in a row, Coca-Cola turned to artificial...

FIR #487: Beyond The Churn — Slower Publishing, Deeper Thinking, Better Outcomes

What happens when the AI conversation turns from a quiet side...

FIR #486: Measuring Sentiment Won’t Help You Maintain Trust

Sentiment analysis has become a default metric for communicators. If sentiment...

FIR #485: Is It Time to Stop Trying to “Go Viral”?

Things change fast in the digital world. On the other hand,...

FIR #483: How Tylenol Handled a High Profile Falsehood

Kenvue’s stock tumbled when U.S. President Donald Trump, with Health &...

FIR #482: What Will It Take to Stop the Workslop?

We’ve all heard of AI slop by now. “Workslop” is the...