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Mom-to-Be Plans
to Broadcast Birth Online

Minnesota woman births new level of online sharing

Nov 6, 09 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Minnesota mom-to-be has been blogging about her pregnancy daily for months and plans to bring readers into the delivery room with a live online broadcast of the birth. Lynsee and her husband agreed to a request from online community MomsLikeMe to allow a tasteful video of the birth, she... More »

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Internet • birth • childbirth • blogger

BLOG POWER

 Emma 
 Thompson 
 Drops Support  
 of Polanski 

Web petitioners change actress' mind about case

Nov 5, 09 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Who says a blog can’t change anything? Not the folks at Shakesville , who assembled a petition opposing actress Emma Thompson’s decision to sign a petition of her own opposing Roman Polanksi’s arrest. Somehow, one member of the community finagled a meeting with Thompson, presented the document…and... More »

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Internet • rape • blog • arrest • blogger • Roman Polanski • Emma Thompson • petition

Melissa Clouthier

Why Women Blog Less
Than Men

Hostile, 'Wild West' atmosphere keeps many away

Oct 27, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women dominate social media—they use Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace much more than men. But not blogging: 67% of bloggers are male, one survey shows. Why? Because "the Internet still feels like the Wild West," writes Melissa Clouthier, where differences of opinion can quickly escalate into personal attacks.... More »

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blog • blogger • conservatives • political coverage • political debate

BLOG-ON-BLOG VIOLENCE

Bigger Jerk Than Phillips?
Deadspin's AJ Daulerio

Throws whatever ties site had to journalism out window in vendetta vs. ESPN

Oct 22, 09 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the shadows of the Steve Phillips controversy is the reaction at Deadspin, where editor AJ Daulerio, having missed out on the scoop, appears to emptied his in-box in airing years’ worth of anonymous tips about ESPN’s seamy side. That, in turn, got its own reaction from the sports... More »

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blogosphere • ESPN • blogger • Deadspin • Steve Phillips • ESPN scandal • sports blogs

FTC Warns Bloggers on 'Reviewing' Freebies

New media critics must come clean or risk fine

Oct 5, 09 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloggers, Tweeters, and Facebookers who receive payments or free products from companies and in turn hype or review them—without mentioning the arrangement—could be on the hook for $11,000 in FTC fines. The commission’s new regulations offer clear guidelines on the responsibilities of reviewers working in new... More »

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Facebook • FTC • reviews • blogger • endorsement • product placement • Twitter

Colleges Use Student Blogs as Free PR

Warts-and-all posts by undergrads can lure savvy prospects

Oct 2, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colleges are loosening the reins on student bloggers in hopes that a dose of candid commentary will lure prospective applicants. At MIT, for instance, bloggers paid by the admissions office go about their work with no fear of censorship. That policy has caused some friction—including a spat between the... More »

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admissions • college admissions • censorship • MIT • blogging • blogger • college student • high school students • college applications • undergraduates • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Haverford College

Brit Court Serves
Injunction Via Twitter

Order means days of spoof Twitter accounts may be numbered

Oct 2, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's High Court has delivered what's believed to be the first-ever injunction served via Twitter. An anonymous Twitter user who created a spoof account called "Blaney's Blarney" using the photo of lawyer and right-wing blogger Donal Blaney has been sent a message via the site telling him to stop... More »

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social networking • blogger • Britain • Twitter • court order • microblogging

(Newser) - Turns out Perez Hilton didn't just bring down the wrath of Demi Moore when he linked to pics of daughter Tallulah Willis, 15, in skimpy clothes last week: He broke his promise to Tyra Banks, the Daily News reports. On an episode of her talk show that airs today—but... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • gossip • talk show • blogger • Perez Hilton • Demi Moore • Twitter • Tallulah Willis

Demi Threatens Lawsuit Over Pics of Daughter

Gossip blogger Perez Hilton linked to photos of Tallulah WIllis

Sep 4, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Demi Moore has threatened to sue gossip blogger Perez Hilton over photos of her 15-year-old daughter, E! reports. Hilton didn't actually post the pics, which show Tallulah Willis in revealing clothes, but he linked to them and made snarky remarks."Clearly Perez Hilton isn't taking violating child pornography laws... More »

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entertainment • lawsuit • gossip • blogger • Perez Hilton • Demi Moore • Twitter • Tallulah Willis

'Skank Blogger'
Remains Defiant


Aug 23, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The blogger at the center of a lawsuit against Google has defended comments calling a model a skank, reports the New York Daily News. "I feel my right to privacy has been violated," said New Yorker Rosemary Porter, 29, whose identity was revealed under court order after model... More »

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Google • New York City • blogging • blog • blogger • Liskula Cohen • Rosemary Porter • skank

(Newser) - A Manhattan judge has forced Google to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called model Liskula Cohen a "40-something" "skank," reports Canada.com. In the precedent-setting ruling, Cohen, 37, convinced the court to unmask the writer so she could sue for defamation; when Google handed... More »

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Google • lawsuit • defamation • blogger • Jay-ZTV • Liskula Cohen

(Newser) - Stefanie Wilder-Taylor made a name for herself penning light-hearted accounts of life as a hard-drinking mom, so her blog readers were shocked when she announced that she was laying off the sauce, the New York Times reports. Drinking-while-parenting “was a way to express that we’re still fun people,... More »

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motherhood • alcohol • alcoholism • mothers • alcohol abuse • drinking • blogger • writers • mother

(Newser) - The Georgian blogger who was taken offline in the cyberattack that shut down Twitter on Thursday believes Moscow is the culprit, he tells the Guardian. The economics professor, who goes by the online name Cyxymu, says he believes Russian authorities targeted him with the denial-of-service attack because of his persistent... More »

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Russia • cyberattack • hacker • Facebook • Georgia • blogger • LiveJournal • Twitter • Abkhazia • denial of service attack

Flickr Lost 3K
of My Photos: Angry Blogger 

Slams service after hacker permanently deletes costly images

Aug 5, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Flickr has earned a blogger’s harsh rebuke for losing 3,000 of his photos, Gawker reports. A hacker was able to permanently delete the photos by attaching a Hotmail account to Morgan Tepsic’s Flickr account, and Tepsic is livid that Flickr didn’t better protect work he says... More »

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Internet • Flickr • photograph • blogger • photo sharing • photos

Palin Lawyer Threatens Blogger With Summons

'Gryphen' broke divorce rumor yesterday

Aug 2, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's lawyer says he'll serve an Alaska blogger with libel papers unless he retracts a story that Sarah and Todd are "splittsville," the Huffington Post reports. Thomas Van Flein threatened "Gryphen," author of The Immoral Minority blog, with the summons at a kindergarten... More »

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divorce • lawyer • blogger • kindergarten • Sarah Palin • celebrity divorces • Todd Palin

Sniping Fashion Blogger Unmasked as 'Nice' Designer

Slams products of

Jul 30, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eric Gaskins has had some success in the fashion industry, but he’s never been a big-name designer. His alter ego, on the other hand, has made waves, the New York Times reports. Now that Gaskins’ shop is closing, the “nice guy” has revealed himself as Fluff Chance, the... More »

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fashion • blog • blogger • clothing • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • Eric Gaskins

Obama Asks Bloggers to Pressure Hill
on Health Care

Leaves open reconciliation option

Jul 21, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama unleashed the hounds last night, asking progressive bloggers to pressure Congress on health care reform. “There is a default position of inertia here in Washington,” he said on an invitation-only conference call. Lawmakers need to feel the same urgency and desperation ordinary Americans feel, he said,... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • blogosphere • blogger • health care reform • liberal • liberal media

 Palin: Politically, 'If I Die, I Die' 

Slams critics in first interview since resignation

Jul 7, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Giving a round of TV interviews in her fishing gear, before heading out on a salmon-fishing excursion, soon-to-be-former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed President Obama, her own party, and critical bloggers this morning—but wouldn’t say whether she plans to run for president. “Don’t know what the... More »

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Alaska • resignation • Republican Party • blogger • governor • Sarah Palin • interview • President Obama

INTERVIEW

 Perez Admits 
 'Mistakes,' Not Sorry 

Admits 'mistakes' in Will.i.am debacle

Jul 7, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Perez Hilton has gone from “celebrity watcher” to “quasi-celebrity.” Public scuffles with Carrie Prejean, Dustin Lance Black, and Will.i.am have thrown the bitchy blogger into the spotlight—but who is he really? He’s happier than ever, on a quest to get healthy, and “... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • celebrity • gossip • blog • blogger • Perez Hilton • Will.i.am • Carrie Prejean

(Newser) - Why Gov. Sarah Palin has chosen to leave office well before the end of her term is anyone's guess; but watch what you say, reports the Anchorage Daily News. An attorney for the soon-to-be-ex-governor threatened yesterday to sue anyone publishing "defamatory" stories about Palin—including rumored criminal investigations into... More »

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defamation • blogger • Sarah Palin

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