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NEWS ABOUT: blogs

blogs stories: 17 news summaries
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

Analysis

 Obama Losing 
 Battle of 
 Old Media, 
 New Media 

New media derails dream of new politics

Sep 9, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama burst onto the scene as a unifying figure, someone who was supposed to end divisiveness and transform political dialogue. But these days, the rancor is as high as ever, and an administration known for its new-media savvy is taking it on the chin regularly from the blogosphere and... More »

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Barack Obama • Glenn Beck • new media • blogs • political strategy • cable news

 How the Lolcat Empire 
 Keeps Growing 

'There's no way on the planet this should actually work,' says Huh

Aug 16, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ben Huh knows how to fail upward, and has a rather simple explanation for the success of his Web empire: “Dude, I think it’s funny.” The former journalist, 31, is the maverick behind at least 20 smirking sites, including I Can Has Cheesburger? and FAIL Blog, which... More »

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Internet • user generated content • viral video • blogs

OPINION

Huffington Post: A Hotbed of Junk Medicine

Unpaid bloggers push enemas for swine flu, vaccine hokum

Jul 30, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - During the height of swine flu panic, a Huffington Post blogger advised dumping the Tamiflu and sticking with "deep-cleansing enemas," which will supposedly keep you influenza-free and help you lose weight, too. HuffPo is a hotbed of junk medicine, Dr. Rahul K. Parikh writes in Salon, with... More »

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vaccination • Arianna Huffington • alternative medicine • Huffington Post • blogs • junk science • swine flu

(Newser) - Traditional media are having a tough time covering the Iranian election fallout, but fear not: Web 2.0 is up to the task. The Washington Post runs down the best destinations for those hoping to stay on top of the situation:
  • PicFog.com: Current, unedited photos containing "
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Iran • blogosphere • Web 2.0 • Facebook • Flickr • Twitter • blogs • Iranian election

 'Pregnancy' Blog Was 
 Anti-Abortion Hoax 

Blogger had thousands of followers

Jun 12, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A popular anti-abortion blog that told the story of a woman who gave birth to a terminally ill baby was a hoax, the Chicago Tribune reports. For months, thousands of readers logged on daily to follow "April's Mom." They rallied around her, sending photos, gifts, and prayers. On... More »

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social networking • abortion • Twitter • blogs • Beccah Beushausen

(Newser) - In the battle for the blogosphere, left-leaning sites are clobbering their conservative counterparts, thanks mostly to the Huffington Post, David Kaplan writes for paidContent. Liberal sites attracted 6.4 million unique visitors in April, to 4.8 million for conservative sites. Of those, 5.6 million were Huffington Post hits,... More »

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media • traffic • Drudge Report • DailyKos • Michelle Malkin • Tucker Carlson • Huffington Post • blogs • MyDD • TheDailyCaller.com

Best Liveblogs Covering the Inauguration

From politics to traffic, these sources have DC's big day covered

Jan 20, 09 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - In the 4 years since the last inauguration, news organizations have embraced live-blogging to offer running commentary on big events. Some of the most interesting inaugural liveblogs:
  • Politico Live, the Washington news source's live feed, is covering the politics and the spectacle of the day. It reports that Rep.
... More »

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Barack Obama • inauguration • blogs • President Obama • Inauguration Day • live blogging

E!'s Lyons Draws Scorn of Fellow Film Critics

Lyons is a "train wreck," but reviewers have no audience

Jan 1, 09 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - In his four months as critic on E!'s At The Movies, Ben Lyons—he who called Will Smith's I Am Legend one of the greatest films in history with a straight face—has galled the critics' community and presided over a plunge in viewership of the show once hosted... More »

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film • Roger Ebert • blogs • Ben Lyons • film criticism

ANALYSIS

Lefties Yelp Over Obama's Rightward Moves

Cabinet positions, backtracking on taxes, Iraq not what some liberals envisioned

Dec 8, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The Internet left, a cash cow for Barack Obama’s campaign, is now home to some of his sharper critics, Politico reports. The president-elect seems to be turning down the heat on some red-meat ideas, like a windfall-profits tax on oil companies. And, notes one prominent progressive blogger, “There... More »

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liberals • blogs • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

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

Opinion

 Sports Columnists 
 Lost in Digital Transition 

Ink-and-paper set, losing touch with their cities and teams, jump for electronic havens

Jul 8, 08 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sports columnists are leaving behind their local teams and newspaper readership in droves for the greener pastures of the online and television worlds, and it's "something to be lamented," writes Robert Weintraub in the Columbia Journalism Review. “The gifted sports columnists often delivered the best writing in... More »

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Internet • American media • columnists • ESPN.com • blogs • sports journalism • Tony Kornheiser

 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

 The 7 Types of Blog Posts 

Be upset, buy something, or prove just how dump people are

Jun 4, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - As vast as the Internet is, every blog post can be summed up into pretty much one of seven basic types, explains Lore Sjoberg in Wired:
  • Be upset! "Terrible things are happening in one of the following: the world, the web, or a TV show you really
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Internet • blogging • blogs • blog posts

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

Excoriated by China, 'Miserly' Firms Defend Quake Aid

Mickey D's forking
over 40,000 meals

May 22, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mega-companies are defending themselves against harsh criticism on Chinese websites that they’ve done too little to help earthquake survivors, AP reports. Companies such as McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and Nokia were labeled “International Super-Misers” on one site. "We've been involved in helping and responding since day one,”... More »

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China • McDonald's • Nokia • donation • relief • Wal-Mart • earthquake • blogs

Web 2.0 Buying Will Hit $4.6B by 2013: Analyst

IBM, Microsoft likely to squeeze out smaller players in wikis, blogs

Apr 22, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spending on Web 2.0 technologies is ready to explode, according to a new report from Forrester Research. The market will reach $4.6 billion by 2013, the report predicts, as the technology starts to saturate the business world. To get there, it’ll have to jump an average of... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • Microsoft Office • enterprise software • wikis • blogs • RSS • podcasting

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