Content summary: Splogs and Blogspot, questionable observations from IABC's Canada conference, an intimidating panel, a new publisher lawsuit against Google, LA Podcasters' Freeway Series, Dan York's contribution, a fake Harriet Miers blog, two blogging studies, listener comments, and more.

Content summary: Listeners' comments discussion (more on, and from, the anonymous Publix blogger; loving the new FIR logo; transcribing show notes; proactive vs. reactive again); IABC's new website; software to help eliminate jargon from writing; Technorati's latest state of the blogosphere; Lee Hopkins' report; The Conference Board Europe's communications meeting; no podosphere PR yet; PR Week's media trends to watch; Dan York's report; upcoming FIR interviews and book reviews.

Content summary: Listener's comments, Emerce Eday in Amsterdam, RSS use study, Microsoft's proposed RSS logos, Skype cordless handset, Microsoft and Yahoo link IM clients, Google Library project update, The Spinfluencer interviews Ron Bloom, reactive vs. proactive communication, Apple launches video iPod, the anonymous Publix employee blogger, and more.

Content summary: Listeners' comments discussion (employee engagement; bad PR gimmick with a fake blog; how to stimulate blog comments); Cillit Bang PR debacle update; helping victims of the Pakistan earthquake; US court ruling on not identifying an anonymous blogger; Yahoo! Podcasts launches; Google's RSS reader; CBC employee lockout follow-up; Lee Hopkins' report; the new FIR logo; changes with FIR show notes.

Content summary:Edelman/Technorati survey results, AOL's instant messenger hits the blogosphere, a threat to Microsoft Office, Apple's upcoming announcement, a new communications podcast, the Conference Board podcasts, a report from Dan York, a cautionary tale of comment spam and fake blogs, listener comments, and way, way more.

Content summary: Listeners' comments discussion; changes to podcast show notes; PR waking up to social media; Neilsen survey on RSS subscribers; Wikipedia article posted on Wikipedia; book publishers using podcasts; blog spam forces a blog to close; Lee Hopkins report; Yahoo! to start digitizing books; US GAO publishes Ketchumgate findings; podcasting at The Conference Board.

Content summary:Listeners' comments, an update on the iPod nano, Wikimedia's open-source textbook project, more on soundvertising, Neville's cheese sandwich, a great quote for making the employee blogging case, Whirlpool starts a podcast, a business podcasting white paper, Neville's new mixer.

Content summary: Listeners' comments discussion (building engagement; figuring out b5media; the problem with Google Print; good and bad batteries; ID3 tags; finding the needle in the haystack); soundvertising with Senseo; sound quality challenges with podcast interviewing by phone; podcasting: tech challenges and communication opportunities; new business podcasts; tagging; Lee Hopkins report; end of the road for Land Rover customer; Apple's problems with scratchy iPod nano; PR Week RSS feeds.

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.