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New Food Blogs Take Devotion to a New Level

So-called 'cook-through' bloggers go through cookbooks recipe by recipe

May 28, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food blogs are usually simple things, fun and easy to create, writes Lee Gomes in the Wall Street Journal. And then there are the increasingly popular "cook-through" blogs, in which devoted chefs of all skill levels pick a book, say the French Laundry Cookbook or the Gourmet Cookbook, and... More »

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blogosphere • French cooking • cooking • blogging • recipes • cookbooks • gourmet • blogs

Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso

Copyright showdown looms for video streaming site

May 21, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three of the big networks are trying to get a handle on video syndication website RedLasso, cNet reports. The site records and indexes clips from TV and radio shows, making it easy for bloggers to share and embed them. NBC, CBS and Fox News have issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering... More »

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television • NBC • blogging • online videos • copyright • TV networks • Fox • web video • copyright infringement • RedLasso

'Mommy Weirdest' Blogger Tells It Like It Is: Depressing

But she's happy to collect $40K from advertisers on her popular site

May 14, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest irreverent star of cyberspace is a former Mormon mommy blogger who isn't afraid to write that motherhood can be "awful." Heather Armstrong of Salt Lake City loves her 4-year-old daughter, but she complains that "sometimes it's really unpleasant and you turn around and you're like,... More »

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post partum depression • motherhood • parenting • depression • blogging

 Bitter Breakup? 
 Time for a Blog 

More people are using the web to share stories about breakups

Apr 18, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Call it therapeutic or call it revenge, but more ex-spouses are airing their dirty laundry on the Internet—and courts are supporting them even if their former partners are not. Personal blogs have quadrupled since 2003, the New York Times notes in a look at the trend, with many using... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • YouTube • divorce • blogging

OPINION


'Death by Blogging' Story Was Pure Hooey

Sensationalist Times piece spun out of nothing, says Slate

Apr 8, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The relentlessly self-analytical blogosphere had a field day with the recent New York Times story on bloggers allegedly writing themselves to death. But as the Internet exploded with reaction to the paper's claims, a Slate critic points out that the dire trend story was backed up by the thinnest tissue... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • New York Times • blogging • stress • heart attack

 'Sweatshop' Bloggers Drop Dead

After two notable commentators die,  blogosphere faces lifestyle toll

Apr 6, 08 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The news cycle never stops, and neither do the bloggers who relentlessly chase stories, enduring a sweatshop kind of life stressful enough to apparently induce heart attacks. Two prominent web commentators have died in the last few months, and the community is reflecting on the toll of its hardcore, caffeine-fueled,... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • blogging • stress • heart attack • Gawker

Cash-Strapped Papers Take Scribes Off Trail

Some mourn loss of perspective; others find blogs are OK substitute

Mar 26, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decline in the number of writers attached to presidential campaigns is “striking,” the New York Times reports—with only five newspapers trying to follow the candidates full-time. With per-person travel costs at $30,000, or more, a month, cash-strapped outlets are choosing not to foot the bill.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • newspaper • New York Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • blogging • USA Today • Los Angeles Times • election • Dallas Morning News • Chicago Tribune • Timothy Crouse • The Boys on the Bus

Is the Internet
Bad News for Journalism?

Coverage getting narrower, not broader, new report says

Mar 17, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet is changing journalism—but not in the ways many predicted. Contrary to expectations that coverage would broaden, a new report says the news agenda is actually narrowing. The Iraq war and presidential campaign represented more than a quarter of news stories last year, while countries besides Iraq, Iran,... More »

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Internet • online media • blogging • journalism • Internet advertising • Iraq war • print journalism • reporting

Blogger Wins Award, Vindication

Talking Points Memo founder captures
Polk Award

Feb 25, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The blogosphere is rejoicing in the news that “local boy” Joshua Micah Marshall garnered a George Polk Award for legal reporting. Marshall's Talking Points Memo blog is the first Internet-only operation to win the award, and many bloggers see that as validation, reports the New York Times. Marshall... More »

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Department of Justice • online media • blogging • journalism • US attorney firings • blog • Joshua Micah Marshall • George Polk Award • political criticism

Colleges Turn to New Media to Recruit Students

Recruiters using blogs, social networking, even text messages

Jan 7, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - If MySpace and Facebook are where the high school kids are, then that’s where college recruiters are headed. Schools competing for today’s tech-savvy teens are reaching out to them through podcasts, online videos, virtual campus tours, live chats, blogs, and social networking profiles, reports the Boston Globe—... More »

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social networking • college admissions • blogging • colleges and universities • texting • prospective student • admissions officers • IMs • virtual campus tours • podcasts

IBM Launches Social Mapping Biz Tool

'Atlas' analyzes individuals' business statistics, relationships

Dec 29, 07 7:39 PM CST
(Newser) - IBM has released a software tool named 'Atlas' that aims to track and analyze statistical relationships among individuals in a corporate setting, MIT Technology Review reports. Employees are given the opportunity to partake in business-adapted online practices—blogging, social grouping, bookmarking, organizing projects—and Atlas creates a "social graph"... More »

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social networking • IBM • business • corporate • blogging • statistics

Blogging Catches On as Marketing Tool

For consultants or creative small firms, the benefits can be great

Dec 27, 07 4:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Blogging is finding a niche as a marketing tool for small business owners, who like its low cost and potentially high returns. Only 5% of small business have blogs, the New York Times reports, and while many more could benefit from them, a company has to be sure of the... More »

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blogging • small businesses • blog

NCAA Puts Limits on Live Blog Coverage

Policy restricts number of  posts per game
from field, courtside

Dec 20, 07 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The NCAA has set new rules for live-blogging of sporting events, limiting the amount of times a blogger can post new information during a game in an effort to fight a perceived simulacrum of re-broadcasting, Techdirt reports. The new rules are a compromise after an incident in June when a... More »

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media • NCAA • blogging • blog • college sports

Pioneer Blog Site Popular in Russia Sold

LiveJournal's new owners plan to add cash, expand globally

Dec 3, 07 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A free blog site that pioneered personal web publishing among Russia’s intellectuals has been sold to a pair of entrepreneurs who promise to add cash and expand it globally, Reuters reports. Six Apart said it sold LiveJournal, which claims 14.3 million blog accounts and 20 million visitors a... More »

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MySpace • Facebook • blogging • LiveJournal

'4-Hour Workweek' a Silicon Valley Siren Song

Marc Andreessen, others lured by call
to ignore influx of email and IMs

Nov 10, 07 2:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Tim Ferriss is an ex-kickboxer and tango champ, but he's ensnared the attention of some in Silicon Valley with a simple message: pull the plug. Techies like Netscape founder Marc Andreessen—ironically, an investor in attention-sapping chat service Twitter—have found solace in “The 4-Hour Workweek,” Ferriss’ tome... More »

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entrepreneurs • Silicon Valley • email • blogging • BlackBerry • instant messaging • Treo • Timothy Ferriss • The 4 Hour Workweek • motivational speaker • self help

Best of the Blogosphere: 10 to Read

PC World finds the funniest, most informative, and most esoteric sites

Jul 7, 07 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - PC World chooses the best blogs in 10 categories:
  1. Technology News:  Slashdot (slashdot.org)
  2. Specialty Tech Site: John Battele's Searchblog (battellemedia.com)
  3. Company Watcher: Microsoft Watch (microsoft-watch.com)
  4. Corporate Blog: The Official Google Blog (googleblog.blogspot.com)
  5. Politics and Business: Policybeta (blog.cdt.org)
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technology • media • blogosphere • blogging • list • blog • blogger

Corporate Blog Makes Trouble for Google

Employee's movie review draws attention to corporate communication tool

Jul 5, 07 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - In case anyone missed the first apology, Google is still sorry for an employee's post on a corporate blog. Her reaction to Michael Moore's "Sicko"—a suggestion that health-care companies buy Google ads to offset his accusations and burnish their reputations—has outraged bloggers and prompted two separate... More »

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Google • blogging • Sicko • Michael Moore • blog • movies

Fatbloggers Unite, Shed Pounds Online

Sedentary desk jockeys find support, catharsis, plus new way to diet

Jun 15, 07 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The tech sector is buzzing with pudgy geeks dropping weight through the web, the LA Times reports.  Jason McCabe Calacanis, the web vet  who started it all, turned his business-oriented site into a dietary forum, promising to lose 27 lbs. and urging other techies to chronicle their own diet... More »

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weight loss • blogging

NCAA Ejects
Louisville Blogger

Reporter violated policy against live coverage at college semifinals

Jun 12, 07 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NCAA ejected a reporter for Louisville's Courier-Journal for blogging during the fifth inning of Louisville's semifinal romp over Oklahoma State, 20-2. The association forbids live Internet updates of games from those in attendance. The newspaper, citing First Amendment rights, is considering legal action. More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • blogging • Louisville • First Amendment

Web Muckrakers Fight Corruption in China

Freelance journalists hired by citizens stay one step ahead of censors

May 2, 07 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new breed of journalist is evolving out of China’s censored media: the web-based hired gun. The Washington Post reports on freelance muckrakers who investigate corruption the mainstream press can't touch and post the results on their sites. They're paid—if meagerly—by the aggrieved parties. More »

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China • media • Internet • censorship • news • press • corruption • blogging • journalism • censor • blog

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