Content summary: Measuring RSS feeds; RadioTail’s Ripple out of beta; what it takes to be in PR; catching up: Music Ally event, London conference, Neville and Dan York meet up; Edelman introduces the StoryMaker social media press release; Philip Rosedale of Linden Lab on the economic possibilities of virtual worlds; Fleishman Hillard on French attitudes towards blogs; FT reports on substantial shifts in attitutes towards financial reporting; CIPD survey on ‘passion for work’ in the UK; Dan York reports; listeners’ comments discussion; thinking about FIR #200: it’s soon; the music; and more.

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Show notes for December 7, 2006

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