Show #628 - December 5, 2011

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Content summary

Update on PRSA's #PRDefined campaign; News That Fits: Carrier IQ and the FUD factor; Dan York reports on Facebook buying Gowalla, Indian government asks Google and Facebook to block content, and more; Ragan promo; Atos Origin CEO bans internal email; social media self-promotion: resisting the temptation; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Bye Bye Rico, Air New Zealand's use of a murder mystery to end a successful mascot campaign, and the struggles with group buying websites in China; listener comments; TemboSocial promo; music from 2 Headed Cow; and more.

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Dan York
Paolo Tosolini
Mike
Kristen Sukalac
Michael Netzley

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Today's music: Barfly by 2 Headed Cow. http://www.saundersstreetrecords.com/

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• Neville Hobson