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.


All Episodes

FIR #351: No Such Thing as Peak Podcast

Are there too many books? Records?

FIR #350: Success Breeds Imitation

A batch of toy-based movies is coming, thanks to Barbie

FIR #349: Marketing’s Pity Party

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

FIR #348: The Consequences of AI Panic

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

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

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

FIR #346: The Daily Me, Video Version

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

FIR #345: Sources of Information

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

FIR #344: Sloganeering with AI

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

FIR #342: Pulling at Threads’ Seams

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