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Intro: New FIR website goes live (and a hint of more to come), FIR’s new Pinterest account – and a board for sharing books for young communicators;

Quick News: How T-Mobile blew $200K on a campaign against Verizon, Domino’s to roll out tweet-a-pizza in the US, the town in Spain that runs on Twitter, gay-themed traffic lights get Vienna in the mood for the Eurovision Song Contest; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop;

News That Fits: How digital leaders outperform their peers; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: Singapore’s media authorities enforce new internet content provider guidelines to shut down a political blog; where are the videos in corporate newsrooms?; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; seven top futurists’ surprising predictions about what the next decade will bring; Igloo Software promo; Dan York’s Tech Report: with Bryan Person in Keene, New Hampshire; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network;

Music from KA Morton; and more.

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About Neville Hobson

Neville Hobson is a communicator, social strategist, consultant, digital change agent, writer, and podcaster. He is co-founder and co-host of the 'For Immediate Release' podcast. Since 2000, his career has focused on working with organisations globally to help them leverage his experiences, knowledge and subject-matter expertise of social networks, social media marketing, analytics and insights reporting, to create and build foundations for authentic engagement and to expand online reach and influence. Full bio

About Shel Holtz

Shel Holtz, ABC (Accredited Business Communicator), is director of Internal Communications at Webcor, a commercial general contractor headquartered in San Francisco. Before joining Webcor, Shel spent 21 years as principal of Holtz Communication + Technology. In addition to integrating technology into communications strategies, his expertise includes strategic communications planning, change management, organizational culture, business initiatives and communications research. Full bio