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DC Sex Blogger
Ties the Knot

Washingtonienne made big name by dishing on her high-powered trysts

Dec 10, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - For the handful of political junkies who recognized her, it was a strange sight. Jessica Cutler—the Washingtonienne— married? Tied down to a legitimate, monogamous relationship? Strange but true, confirms the New York Observer, which dropped in on the former sex blogger’s wedding. It was a classy affair... More »

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New York City • Washington DC • marriage • sex • Capitol Hill • wedding • blogger

(Newser) - Rumors that Wal-Mart would offer an iPhone for $99 after Christmas proved unfounded, but the genesis of a misunderstanding that swept through business news outlets is intriguing, Fortune reports. Wal-Mart will indeed sell iPhones, and at a discount—a whopping $2 off list price. But a blogger’s report... More »

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iPhone • Apple • blogger • discounts • rumor • Wal-Mart • Bloomberg LP • Boy Genius Report

(Newser) - Watch out, mainstream media: Bloggers have claimed a space of their own at this year’s Republican National Convention. All they got 4 years ago was a folding table for a dozen huddled writers; now more than 200 have credentials and an area to work in. Big-name anchors like Katie... More »

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presidential campaign • Democratic National Convention • blog • blogger • new media • press credentials • Republican National Convention

analysis

Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

Citizen journalist is forced to leave Beijing, but he plans to return

Aug 14, 08 8:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter gets a bad rap for its often less-than-substantive musings, but every now and then the service proves its "true potential" as an Internet tool, writes Mathew Ingram in the Toronto Globe and Mail. Case in point: When a Chinese citizen journalist recently traveled to Beijing, the authorities hustled... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • blogger • Twitter

Anti-Obama Bloggers Claim Censorship

Writers say Google allowed unwarranted freeze of their accounts

Aug 5, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rash of bloggers running anti-Obama sites are charging that Google took away their soapboxes, the New York Sun reports. Many of their blogs were temporarily suspended, likely after being flagged as spam by Obama supporters. Google reactivated the conservative blogs the next day, but those involved are not satisfied... More »

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Barack Obama • Google • censorship • blogger • blogs

Big Brother Is Watching...
and Talking Back

Comcast redefines customer service by reaching out to bloggers

Jul 25, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some bloggers who have vented online about their Comcast cable service have gotten a surprising—and, for some, a creepy—response: a reply from a customer service agent. Like a growing number of companies, Comcast monitors social network sites, public blogs, and message boards for complaints, but now it's taking... More »

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Comcast • message boards • blogger • cable industry • customer service • complaints

Liberal Bloggers Get Their Wish... or Do They?

Contemplating victory, onetime outsiders may feel disoriented

Jul 21, 08 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's frontrunner status has liberal bloggers wondering whether they should have been careful what they wished for. “The way it’s looking, we might actually win this thing,” said Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitas. The "Netroots" movement began as a response to a Republican-dominated Washington; the... More »

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Barack Obama • blogosphere • Obama 2008 • blog • netroots • Markos Moulitsas • blogger • Netroots Nation

 Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus 

Chinese graphic novelist tells stories from the disaster zone

Jun 21, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese graphic novelist determined to keep the aftermath of last month's earthquake on the front burner is using her new blog to get the message out, and fellow citizen journalists on the other side of the world are catching on. "We love you, Coco Wang," a blogger... More »

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China • Beijing • blogging • blog • artist • blogger • graphic novel • blogs • China earthquake • blog posts • Coco Wang • Earthquake Strips

Blogger Busts Tripled Last Year: Report

Political crackdowns especially harsh in Egypt, Iran and China

Jun 16, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of blogging "citizen journalists" arrested worldwide in political crackdowns tripled in 2007 from the previous year, Ars Technica reports. Over half of last year's 36 arrests occurred in Egypt, Iran, and China, according to a new survey, which sorted arrests into six categories, most related to stirring... More »

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China • Iran • Egypt • arrest • political activism • blogger • Internet censorship • web censorship

 Cluttered?
 '100 Thing Challenge' Awaits 

If your life is 'littered with unfulfilled promises,' purge, blogger challenges

Jun 14, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A crusading blogger is inspiring citizens to take on a predicament of modern life: clutter. Dave Bruno launched the 100 Thing Challenge in an effort to free himself from his stuff, and he's down to just 97 belongings, Time reports. And while Bruno is a strict constructionist, some of his... More »

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blog • blogger • home • clutter • living conditions • possessions • organization

OPINION

 My Search Term, Myself 

Blogger ponders path Web surfers take to his threshold

Apr 21, 08 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Freud would have a field day studying Google searches, posits a blogger who tracked the terms visitors to his web page used and found a window into man's pathologies. John Kelly, a columnist on leave from the Washington Post, writes in the Guardian about "how the fetishes, pathologies and... More »

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blogosphere • Google • Internet • blog • blogger • Internet access • British media • John Kelly

 Sports Coverage a Tangled Web 

What bloggers, media outlets put online creates friction with pro leagues

Apr 21, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - As bloggers multiply and media outlets aim to put more audio, video and photo content on their websites, tensions mount with professional sports leagues. Leagues argue that outlets making such content widely available steps on the toes of the broadcasters who have paid to present games—but, the New York ... More »

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sports • NBA • NFL • MLB • Mark Cuban • press • online videos • blogger • media coverage


 You Hate Me,
 You Really
 Hate Me! 

The web's 10 most despised people

Apr 15, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics in cyberspace can stay incognito, which makes them especially nasty. Radar lists the 10 most-scorned players on the web:
  1. Lori Drew: Her comments on a MySpace account drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide.
  2. John Fitzgerald Page: An online dater whose cruel remarks got world-wide coverage.
  3. Julia
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YouTube • MySpace • blog • blogger • Gawker • Rachael Ray • Quarterlife • Laurel Touby • David Motari • Julia Allison

 Gossiper Trades Fat for Fortune 

Perez Hilton loses weight, adds radio show to media empire

Apr 9, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Starbucks barista who turned his Perez Hilton alter ego into a web and TV sensation is bulking up his multimedia ventures by adding a radio show and slimming down his waistline, reports the Hollywood Reporter. "I want to frickin' jog shirtless in Malibu by the Fourth of... More »

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blogosphere • radio • entrepreneurs • Los Angeles • weight loss • blogger • Perez Hilton

Perez Hilton, Music Mogul?

Celebrity blogger is in a deal with Warner Music to start his own imprint

Feb 27, 08 5:29 PM CST
(Newser) - “Madonna’s leaving, Perez is coming.” Those words are straight from the mouth of the music industry's most unlikely new player, gossip blogger Perez Hilton. He has parlayed posts praising unknown and upcoming acts on his website into a possible deal doing the same for Warner Brothers Records,... More »

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blogosphere • blog • New York University • Warner Music • blogger • record sales • Perez Hilton • Madonna • Pitchfork • online music • music label

What's White and White and Read All Over?

Blog strikes a chord with some, hits
a nerve with others

Feb 26, 08 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - When a twentysomething writer launched a satirical blog called "Stuff White People Like" 6 weeks ago, he didn't expect an overwhelming response, and he certainly didn't expect to average 300,000 hits a day. The blog was intended to mock the way the media stereotypes ethnicities, but not all... More »

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race • race relations • blogger • white people

Amateur MTV Journos to Cover Election

Hipsters aim to grab eyeballs lost to bloggers, Daily Show

Jan 12, 08 7:37 PM CST
(Newser) - MTV is banking on enthusiastic amateurs to make it the go-to source for hip election news. The "Street Team"—51 mostly-under-25 journos armed with laptops, digital cameras, and camcorders—have been deployed to recapture eyeballs and cachet lost to bloggers, Comedy Central, and YouTube, while "redefining journalism,... More »

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television • online media • MTV • journalism • blogger • Election 2008 • young voters

Ralph Nader Likes Edwards, But Nobody Likes Nader

Praise for populist isn't exactly welcome

Jan 5, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Ralph Nader took Hillary Clinton to the woodshed and heaped praise on John Edwards this week for his anti-corporate courage, but Edwards wasn't exactly trumpeting the support. Nader hasn't been forgiven for siphoning off vital votes from Gore in 2000, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Can't we get one... More »

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Democrats • Dennis Kucinich • Michael Moore • blogger • Ralph Nader • Election 2008

Saudis Holding Blogger Critical of Government

Popular scribe detained since Dec. 10, spurring fears of crackdown

Jan 2, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The Saudi Arabian government has confirmed that it is holding a prominent blogger for questioning, the New York Times reports today. Fouad al-Farhan, who discussed social issues as one of the few Saudis to blog in Arabic under his real name, was arrested Dec. 10 to be interrogated about “... More »

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Saudi Arabia • freedom of expression • blogger • Fouad al Farhan

Bloggers Blast Government Version of Bhutto Death

We're not 'naive and dumb,' snaps one

Dec 31, 07 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's political blogging community is expressing extreme skepticism about government statements as to how former prime minister Benazir Bhutto died in last week's assassination attack. The government is claiming Bhutto died after hitting her head on her car’s sunroof in the bomb attack, but the theory is widely disputed,... More »

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Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • blogger • al-Qaeda

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