Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; thanks Jeremiah Owyang and welcome new listeners!; panel discussion in FIR Live on November 7; new FIR Interview with Paul Pendergrass aka Jack Flack; Michael Netzley reports from the Singapore Geek Dinner with Eric Schwartzman and CNET Asia’s Nicholas Aaron Khoo; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – Microsoft gives bloggers laptops again, lessons in crisis management from the Russell Brand-Jonathan Ross-BBC fiasco, bosses should embrace Facebook: Demos study, Virgin Atlantic fires cabin crew over behaviour on Facebook; listeners’ comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; news about Thursday’s show; music from Matthew Ebel; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report for November 3, 2008: A 64-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and almost live from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)