Listeners' comments discussion; Global PR Blog Week 2.0 update; b5media blog network; organization change at Microsoft; copyright lawsuit against Google Print; blogging guidance from Reporters Without Borders; categorized RSS feeds from PR Newswire; reports from Dan York, Eric Schwartzman.

Listeners' comments discussion (sound improvements; Dmoz.org; podcasting in higher education, and in business schools with RSS and Blackberries; lighting the blogging flame; podcasts at different bit rates); Global PR Blog Week 2.0; review of PodcastCon UK; Sun warns employee bloggers about confidentiality; Phil Gomes starts a podcast; Business Week's podcasting efforts; viral marketing to support a charity auction; Chrysler misses the boat with media blog; from Our Correspondent Down Under.

Listeners' comments discussion; new research from IABC Foundation; Google Blog Search; Yahoo! Mail; PodcastCon UK; a how-two ebook on podcasting; new white paper on corporate blogging; Chrysler media blog.

In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Neville enjoyed a 47-minute conversation with Gerry Murray, President of IABC Belgium, and a management and communication consultant. Topics discussed include: development plans for IABC Belgium, the new Chapter website and new President's blog, the challenges in engaging members throughout Europe, professional development opportunities for IABC members.

Listeners' comments discussion (bandwidth, bit rates and listening preferences; jazzed about podcasts; answering the logo call); PR firms with no RSS; emergent journalism with PublicNow.com; IABC's Katrina initiative; Queen of Sky sues Delta; eBay acquires Skype, Oracle grabs Siebel Systems, America West goes to US Airways; two new European podcasters; 20 uses for podcasts; 7m iTunes podcasts; from Our Correspondent Down Under; blogs that front sales sites.

Listeners' comments discussion (podcast junkie; support for parents; Ray Nagin interview case study; non-primary audience listener); Katrina - public service announcements, has Katrina saved the US media?, controversy over the word 'refugee'; new reports from IBM, Edelman and Intelliseek; wikis, news releases, buttons and podcasting; the critical pieces in the change communication puzzle; text vs. audio - the conversation continues; changes to the FIR RSS feed.

In this first offering of Speakers and Speeches, "For Immediate Release? is pleased to offer a 1:34 speech—including Q&A—by Mary Hodder, delivered on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at a meeting of the bloggers and RSS special interest group of the East Bay (California) IT Group (EBIG).

Listeners' comments discussion (new media, resumes and Googling job seekers; book promotion and blog tours); interviews and reviews; Ray Nagin's radio interview, Zip 71101 podcast interviews and more Katrina news; new weekly podcast from Steve Rubel and Joseph Jaffe; from our Correspondent Down Under; Darren Barefoot argues that text is better than audio.

Review of "Podcast Solutions, The Complete Guide to Podcasting," by Michael W. Geoghegan and Dan Klass.

Listeners' comments discussion (more on the PR blogger trackback stand-off; trackback spam; affinity for podcasts; FIR impacts HR; anonymous ok, but not cute and clever; show notes, etc); Hurricane Katrina and the role of blogs; developments in instant messaging; fired for blogging; blogger being sued; the Spinfluencer with Leo Laporte.