Content summary: Happy Thanksgiving; one laptop per child; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; social media and the US writers’ strike; 40% of news user-generated within three years: European media survey; bloggers and accuracy; companies still battling with internet time wasting: UK survey; Dan York reports on WordPress, screencasting on the Mac, PodCamp Ottawa; upcoming FIR Book Review: WordPress for Dummies; listeners’ comments discussion; Chris Hambly’s recommendation: music by Delaware; and more.

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Show notes for November 19, 2007

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 59-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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So, until Monday November 26…

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