Chris Heuer, Shel Holtz, Tom Foremski, and I recorded the latest edition of the New Media Release NMRCast for Shel’s award-winning For Immediate Release (FIR) podcast. Welcome to NMRCast episode #12, a 28-minute podcast recorded live from the San Francisco Bay Area.

The full complement discusses the entries of Fleishman Hillard and Edelman to the social media news release party; Chris provides an update on the integration of microformats into the social media press releases standard; Tom responds to a colleague’s question about whether journalists want a new type of press release; Chris covers progress toward planning a social media new release summit.

In This Edition:
Weblo’s social media release, produced by iStudio and High Road Communications, affiliated with Fleishman Hillard
iStudio’s blog post about the Weblo release
Fleishman Hillard’s Ed Lee blogs about Canada’s first social media news release
Edelman’s announcement of the debut of StoryCrafter
Edelman’s Phil Gomes offers blog posts—part one and part two—discussing Edelman’s StoryCrafter
The microformats website
Tom Foremski’s post, Do journalists want a social media news release? from Silicon Valley Watcher
Social Media Release Wiki (contribute your case studies)
The new Social Media Release site, home of the social media release requirements
Google Groups mailing list for New Media Release discussion (please join!)

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