Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on communication strategy, measurement, champagne and tea “from our Australian correspondent”; on communication impact of blogs; podcasting at Les Blogs; identifing a blog author; equipment for mobile podcasting); Doc Searls at Les Blogs; Business Week’s cover story on blogs; lots of developments with podcasting; upcoming interviews in May; suggestions for co-hosts and panel discussions; blogging conference in New York.

Show notes for May 2, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 81-minute conversation recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and almost live from Detroit, Michigan, USA.

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In this edition:

Intro:

• 00:30 Shel and Neville introduce the show; Shel on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
• 09.47 Listeners’ comments with Shel, including 1 MP3; how to give your feedback; show notes

Features:

• 26:24 Doc Searls’ presentation at Les Blogs - what blogs are and what they’re not
• 40:01 Business Week on blogs - the evangelical cover story and who it’s aimed at
• 48:56 Developments in podcasting - Warner Bros, Paris Hilton, Disney, Adam Curry’ and Ron Bloom, PR and marketing. What are the connections?

Short Takes:

• 69:02 Upcoming interviews in May - Mark Elbertse, CEO, Tulip Computers, on May 11; Peter Clifton, Editor, BBC News Online, precise date to be confirmed.
• 71:12 Suggestions for guest co-hosts and panels on the show - let us know what you think
• 72:25 Blogging goes mainstream - conference tomorrow in New York

Outro:

• 73:15 Shel solo on next Thursday’s show with recorded contribution from Neville; show notes; how to give your feedback; about the music and the band; outro music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Intro -  New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, iPod, Bourbon Street, Mid City Lanes, Virgin Records, Charles Pizzo, IABC, Lee Hopkins, Alan Weiss The Ultimate Consultant book, Douglas Armour, Wendy’s, Microsoft, Lloyd Davis, Les Blogs, Matthew Gertner, Sony Walkman MZ-NH700, Vivanco, Constantin Basturea, Loic Le Meur, Les Blogs coverage, Global PR Blog Week 2.0, Mike Manuel, The New PR Wiki, Ned Lundquist, Pete Shinbach.

Features - Doc Searls, Cluetrain Manifesto, Linux Journal, The 1st Amendment, FCC, Society of Professional Journalists, Washington Post, eWeek, Business Week on blogs, , Leonard Witt, Michael Strangelove, The Internet Business Journal, Steve Rubel, Blogspotting, TypePad, Warner Bros, The House of Wax, Paris Hilton Podcast, Adam Curry, Daily Source Code, Captain Morgan’s Rum blog, Barbie blog, iPodder, Chris Thilik, The Simple Life, Nicole Ritchie, Internet Movie Database, Disney, Disneyland, Michael Geoghegan, Podcast Alley, GM Fastlane Blog, May It Please The Court, Adam Curry’s & Ron Bloom’s strategy podcast (MP3, 106Mb), ipodder.org, Podshows, New York Times, Infinity, Sirius Satellite Radio, Adam Curry’s Podshow press release, KYOURadio, Daily Source Code, Skype, SkypeIn.

Short Takes - Mark Elbertse, Hans Mestrum, Peter Clifton, Keith Sheldon, Wilma Matthews, Dan York, Craig Jolley, The Gillmor Gang, “Blogging Goes Mainstream: Is Your Company Ready?” conference, Robert Scoble.

Outro - Umphrey’s McGee, The Bottom Half, Etree.org, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

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So, until Thursday May 5…