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 #442: Justin Baldoni’s Attack on Blake Lively Explains Why PR Is a Dirty Word

The tactics brought to bear against the actor violated just about every ethics code imaginable.

FIR #441: PR, AI, and Social Media Are All Shook Up

Seismic shifts in the online world and in media are roiling the PR world

FIR #440: Experimenting for Influence

Experiments as part of a marketing campaign can sway customers

FIR #439: Agentic AI Tops Digital Trends for 2025

Autonomous task completion is coming. Are you ready?

FIR #436: Nothin’ But Bluesky (and TikTok and Threads and Instagram and WhatsApp…)

Does the surge of new Bluesky users suggest it’s the heir to Twitter?

FIR #435: Physical Presence is Not a Collaboration Magic Bullet

It takes more than an RTO mandate to create connection among employees

FIR #434: Podcasts Defeat Mainstream Media in 2024 U.S. Election

Celebrity endorsements and other traditional campaign moves had little impact

FIR #433: Something Old, Something New

A Look at the State of Blogging (30 years old) and Generative AI (2 years old)

FIR #432: The CEO Authenticity Balancing Act

Studies show an expectation that CEOs engage authentically online. How far should they go?