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blogging stories: 63 news summaries

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OPINION

  Gone With Gourmet: 
 a Taste for Expertise 

There is no 'hard-won blood-on-the-floor kind' of editorial experience on the Web

Oct 8, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Gourmet magazine absorbed his Cook’s in 1990, Christopher Kimball discovered the hard way that the publishing business is “a top-down, winner-take-all proposition, an oligarchy of sorts.” But the frazzling encounter also afforded him a meeting with Conde Nast chairman Si Newshouse, who “poured... More »

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Internet • blogging • cuisine • eating • Conde Nast • magazine publishing • Gourmet • Julia Child • Si Newhouse • S.I. Newhouse

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

UK Court Serves Injunction Over Twitter

Conservative blogger uses tweet to notify impersonator of injunction

Oct 1, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a micro-blogging first, the UK’s High Court has ruled that a court order may be served via Tweet. The case concerns an anonymous wag who has been impersonating right-wing blogger Donal Blaney on Twitter, sending out tweets under his name with “mildly objectionable” content, the BBC reports.... More »

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social networking • United Kingdom • blogging • Britain • High Court • Twitter • microblogging

Analysis

 Meet the New Media, 
 Same as the Old Media 

Blogging turns from amateur calling to corporate career

Sep 14, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s become obligatory for internet philosophers to crow about how blogs have democratized the press and allowed average joes to beat big media, but it’s just not true anymore, writes Benajamin Carlson of the Atlantic. “The free-wheeling fraternal spirit of blogging has become increasingly subject to... More »

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blogging • blog • new media • blogs

'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) - If you think blogs are useless, think again: Scientists have developed a “hedonometer,” or happiness gauge, that analyzes personal online statements to pinpoint the overall contentment of the US population on a given day, the Discovery Channel reports. The program looks at sentences beginning with “I feel”... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • computer programming • blogging • blog • scientific study • happiness • Twitter

(Newser) - The blogosphere might not be the future of news sprung fully formed from the corpse of old media, Michael Massing writes in the New York Review of Books, but neither is it “parasite” feeding on newspapers. “The practice of journalism, far from being leeched by the Web, is... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • newspaper • blogging • Andrew Sullivan • New York Review of Books • old media • breaking news

(Newser) - Women's "infidelity blogs" have surged in number in recent years and they're attracting a large and loyal following, the Independent reports. The bloggers say they're not trying to flaunt their affairs, but rather to use anonymity to share details of their secret lives and find support among like-minded people.... More »

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Internet • blogging • blog • infidelity • website • extramarital affair

 This Guy's 
 Getting $60K 
 to Tweet 
 About Wine 

Winner will live in California, Tweet about wine

Jul 22, 09 8:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hardy Wallace recently lost his job—but he’ll soon be making $10,000 a month promoting Murphy-Goode winery on the Web, as the winner of the much-touted “Really Goode Job,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Atlantan, who has a wine blog and has taken sommelier education... More »

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social networking • Internet • California • Web 2.0 • wine • blogging • Twitter • vineyard • what recession? • winery

Got 250 Twitter Followers? Best Buy May Have Opening

It may be the first time social-networking popularity has been a job requirement

Jul 14, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - For possibly the first time, an active Twitter following is a job requirement, the Telegraph reports. Best Buy asked that candidates for a senior marketing position at the company’s Minnesota headquarters have at least 250 followers for their Twitter pages. The posting also lists “1 year of active... More »

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social networking • media • marketing • blogging • blog • Best Buy • Twitter • microblogging

Newsier Gawker Looks Beyond Manhattan

Denton: Media site
'may inadvertently commit journalism'

Jun 22, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gawker.com began life as a gossip site for the New York media industry, but these days the site is increasingly looking away from incestuous Manhattan—it's covering everything from reality TV to global politics, and recently the site hired an actual investigative reporter. Nick Denton, the site's founder, tells... More »

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media • blogging • blog • Gawker • Nick Denton • Gawker Media

OPINION

 It's a World Wide Web, 
 But Bloggers Keep It Narrow 

Linkability is key, blogger writes

Jun 9, 09 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - While the blogosphere is generally considered a free-for-all medium where any topic or opinion is fair game, it’s actually governed by narrow rules, Jeremy Beer writes on Front Porch Republic. “It is uncommon for someone to write a piece about something that is not immediately pertinent to the... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • blogging

OPINION

 Key Twitter Myths Debunked 

A guide to what Twitter isn't

May 6, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The whole country may be having a love affair with Twitter, but a great many people are missing the point, argues blog Seldo.com. Among the things Twitter isn't:
  1. A replacement for email. "Idiot" Maureen Dowd's New York Times column was "entirely missing the point."
... More »

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Google • blogging • Oprah Winfrey • Maureen Dowd • Ashton Kutcher • Twitter • rumors

(Newser) - A California winery has a tempting offer for tech-savvy oenophiles, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Murphy-Goode Winery will set up the right candidate with a $10,000-a-month job at its Sonoma County HQ blogging and Twittering about, well, wine. The 6-month gig includes room and board; the 2-month... More »

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social networking • Internet • California • Web 2.0 • wine • blogging • Twitter • vineyard • what recession? • winery

 Fear of Feds 
 Censors Corporate Tweets 

Some complain personal touch disappearing

Apr 27, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - More big firms are using blogs and Twitter to keep the world up-to-date on company matters—but personal styles are colliding with federal corporate-communications rules, the Wall Street Journal reports. Firms like eBay are now adding disclaimers to once-casual tweets, leaving some readers cold. “There’s much more of... More »

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blogging • SEC • corporations • blog • Twitter

Critic Fights Copycat for Twitter Identity

Lawyers pursue blogger who spoofs restaurant reviewer

Apr 22, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A restaurant reviewer and her lawyers are after a man who’s been tweeting and blogging under her name, the New York Times reports. Adam Robb Rucinsky has been spoofing New York Daily News critic Danyelle Freeman, aka Restaurant Girl, imitating her distinctive style in posts using both her monikers.... More »

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social networking • media • blogging • impersonation • restaurant criticism • New York Daily News • blogger • trademark • Twitter • Danyelle Freeman • Adam Robb Rucinsky • Restaurant Girl

 Publishers Turn Internet 
 Laughs Into Fast Cash 

User-generated content sites can have publishers pounce within days

Apr 18, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The blog-to-book cycle is speeding up as publishers seek fast cash from Internet funnies, the New York Times reports. Sites like Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves—featuring user-submitted photos of pets in bizarre outfits—have gone from startup to print in a matter of weeks, with the "authors"... More »

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user generated content • blogging • publishing • blog • blogger • I Can Haz Cheezburger • book deal

Find a New Job,
140 Characters at a Time

Site can be used for targeted, effective networking

Apr 8, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re unemployed, the right attention on Twitter could land you your next position. Forbes offers pointers on using the micro-blogging site for networking:
  • Make sure your account name contains something about your profession, so your feed shows up when people search associated topics.
  • Search for industry
... More »

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social networking • blogging • blog • job • career • Twitter • career counseling • microblogging

(Newser) - The sudden ubiquity of ways to share one’s most intimate observations every second of every day has Michael Rosenberg, in the Detroit Free Press, worried he recently let an original thought go “unwritten, unblogged, unTwittered, unFacebooked.” He tries to jog his memory, not wanting another to get... More »

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Facebook • blogging • Twitter • Michael Rosenberg

 Laid-Off, Many Turn to Blogging 

Recently laid-off vent, share leads online

Mar 10, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - As layoffs soar, job seekers are turning to blogs to connect with others in the same boat and share their adventures in unemployment, the Wall Street Journal reports. For many professionals, blogging helps make sense of the sudden changes a layoff brings. "It's difficult to see your own progress,... More »

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social networking • layoffs • blogging • employment • unemployment • job search • blogger • hiring

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