Content summary: FIR Interview with Tom Webster coming; Neville finally met Scott Monty in London; Technorati’s 2010 State of the Blogosphere report is out; latest IABC Cafe2Go podcast features interview with Melissa Dark, 2011 Gold Quill Awards Chair; listener comments and discussion; News That Fits: MIT finds astroturfing prevalent on Twitter, Qantas Airbus Rolls-Royce Engines and social media, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Dan York reports on topical technology, is having a social media policy enough to avoid legal problems?, Gartner to CEOs: seize the iPad opportunity now, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the Amazon Kindle in China and more; Neville will be at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in France this week; music from Rob Skane; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for November 8, 2010: A 68-minute podcast recorded live from Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and Concord, California, USA.

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So, until Monday November 15…

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