For Immediate Release
The first and longest-running podcast for professional communicators.
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FIR #278: For Every News Outlet: Churn, Churn, ...
Repurposed third-party content has become a staple of financially-stressed news outlets
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FIR #277: Do Graphic Designers Have a Future?
AI Image Generators Are Gaining Traction
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FIR #276: Should I Tay or Should I Go?
Meta's AI Chatbot Aims to Avoid the 2016 Microsoft Tay Debacle
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FIR #275: Will You Have An NFT With Your Coffee?
Starbucks is being strategic and thoughtful about its entry into the web3 space
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FIR #274: Is Unbranded Unethical?
Some Unbranded Content is Brilliant and Useful. Does That Make It Right?
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FIR #273: What Is The Metaverse? It's A Network
The Metaverse Is Not a Destination, But Rather The Next Network For The Web
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FIR #272: Tick Tick Tick Tick Search
Generation Z Is Turning to Tok Tok and Instagram for Search
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FIR #217: Work-From-Home and the Generational D...
Generational Beliefs Could Be Driving the Remote Work Debate
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FIR #270: Disgust, Convenience, and Reputation
Will Uber Suffer At All From Its Latest Scandal?
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FIR #269: Doppelgängers Everywhere!
Digital Twins Are Already Here. They're Going to Be a Bigger Deal Than You Think
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FIR #268: NFTs in the Checkout Lane
It may be crypto winter, but retailers see a bright future for NFTs
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FIR #267: Rebuilding Trust After An Ethics Scandal
Ernst & Young has been caught cheating -- twice -- on ethics exams. Can it rebuild its reputation?
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FIR #266: How Many Trillions Will the Metaverse...
As KPMG Invests $30 million, Projected Valuations Are Going Through the Roof
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FIR #265: Fired Over Zoom
Getting Remote Layoffs Wrong Can Damage Your Company's Reputation
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FIR #264: On Background
Thoughts on Zoom Backgrounds in the Age of Video Meetings
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FIR #263: It's Alive! (AI, That Is. Or Is it?)
The June Edition of the For Immediate Release Hobson & Holtz Report
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FIR #262: You're Hired! Or Not...
Consider the Optics of Rescinding a Job Offer
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FIR #261: Crossing the Line When Surveilling Em...
Tesla Hired a PR Agency to Snoop on Employees in a Semi-Private Facebook Group During a 2017 Unionization Effort
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FIR #260: Grappling with Authenticity
How Communicators Can Help Leaders Solve the Authenticity Paradox
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FIR #259: Trust Rises in Companies That Left Ru...
Special Edelman Trust Barometer Report Shows Rising Trust in Western Democracies
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FIR #257: Purpose Vs. Polarization
FIR Tackles Two Thorny Social Issues -- and More
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FIR #256: Comms Influence in the C-Suite
Data from a Gartner Survey Show Influence Has Risen. Is it Too Good to be True?
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FIR #255: How TikTok Makes Spreadsheets Cool
Micro-Learning Videos Have Built a Model Community and Made Serious Bank for Influencer/Creators
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FIR #254: AR You Ready?
Google Unveils Technology that Could Be AR's Killer App
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FIR #253: Blockchain In Your House
Some May Be Skeptical, But You May Already Be Using the Core Web3 Technology
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