For Immediate Release

In addition to news items and in-depth discussion of trends and issues, you'll hear the Internet Society's Dan York report on technologies of interest to communicators.

Business
Technology
Marketing
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FIR #370: War, Managers, and Empathy
How companies should address the Israel-Hamas conflict with employees
15 min
2
FIR #368: AI and PR Codes of Ethics
PRSA has released an ethical guide for the use of generative AI
14 min
3
FIR #366: DIY GPT
OpenAI has unleashed the ability for anyone to create a custom AI chatbot
85 min
4
FIR #365: RyanAir's Social Media Chief Doesn't ...
When a social media-savvy ex-employee trashes your company
16 min
5
FIR #364: Managers' Most Important Communicatio...
It's not passing information to employees, or even delivering feedback to leaders.
15 min
6
FIR #363: Is the Israel-Hamas War a Communicati...
Brands are attacked for taking either side, both sides, or remaining silent
92 min
7
FIR #362: Why Did Pebble Sink?
The microblogging platform is shutting down on November 1.
24 min
8
FIR #361: Is There a Seat at the Table in Corpo...
A new study from Edelman reveals how Fortune 500 CCOs spend their time -- and budgets
14 min
9
FIR #360: Your AI Chatbot Confidant
If a school headmaster can do it, why not a CEO?
14 min
10
FIR #359: Your New AI BFF
Here come synthetic social networks
18 min
11
FIR #358: EY Goes AI
The Big Four Accounting Firm Has Launched Internal and External AI Portals
16 min
12
FIR #357: A Status Report on AI and PR
The PR Academy assesses the PR industry's early moves to add AGI to its resource mix
80 min
13
FIR #356: The Long Arc of Network Disruption
When compared to print's lifespan, the internet is in its toddler phase
18 min
14
FIR #353: Blogging in the AI Era
Blogs are as relevant as ever. AI can help. Or hurt. Or both.
24 min
15
FIR #352: AI and Elections -- Should We Panic?
Disinformation will be AI's primary election output but there's already plenty of that
16 min
16
FIR #351: No Such Thing as Peak Podcast
Are there too many books? Records?
20 min
17
FIR #350: Success Breeds Imitation
A batch of toy-based movies is coming, thanks to Barbie
18 min
18
FIR #349: Marketing's Pity Party
Journalism and Advertising are Taking Different Approaches to Artificial Intelligence, and More
88 min
19
FIR #348: The Consequences of AI Panic
A useful website is gone thanks to unjustified panic among authors spooked by AI
14 min
20
FIR #347: Digital Media, Star Power, and Wrexham
Two stars bought an obscure football club. Can just anyone emulate their success?
14 min
21
FIR #346: The Daily Me, Video Version
A personalized 30-minute newscast sounds great, but it comes with consequences
15 min
22
FIR #345: Sources of Information
In which your co-hosts share their routines for staying current with tech and comms news
21 min
23
FIR #344: Sloganeering with AI
What if AI could improve on the world's best-known slogans?
78 min
24
FIR #342: Pulling at Threads' Seams
It's only two weeks old and people are already passing judgment.
20 min
25
FIR #341: Influencers Amuck
Influencers are being paid to spread disinformation across social networks
18 min