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Intro: The final episode of The Hobson and Holtz Report is coming in September, and more news about changes in FIR; new FIR Interview coming this week; two new FIR Podcast Network shows about to debut: YouTubular Conversations with Harry Hawk, EE Voice with Sharon McIntosh and Sharon Phillips;

Quick News: Is VR the future for Second Life?, the New York Times live-blogged GOP debate directly from Slack using a Chrome extension, 3 reasons Millennials are getting fired, beware the fake embedded tweet; CustomScoop promo;

News That Fits: Marketing is shifting from agencies and moving in-house; Dan York’s Tech Report, including Google’s handling of new top-level domains, a kerfuffle over Facebook videos, and WeChat and mobile in China; listener comments; controlling the media channels: can football win the game?; Igloo Software promo; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network;

Music from Ace & the Gulls; and more.

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About Neville Hobson

Neville Hobson is a professional business communicator based in the UK. With over 25 years’ experience in public relations, marketing communication, employee, compensation and benefits communication, and investor relations, he also brings a decade’s practical experience with digital and social media for business with an extensive presence and influence across the social web. 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