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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) - There's been lots of media chatter about Mediaite.com, the website Dan Abrams rolled out this morning, most of it sight-unseen, challenging the former MSNBC host's intention to continue to run a media strategy firm alongside the site. Howard Kurtz, one of those critics, now takes a look at the... More »

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blog • American media • Dan Abrams • media coverage • digital media • Twitter • Mediaite

OPINION

Parasitic, Tabloid HuffPo Just Pretends to Do Journalism

The 'supposedly revolutionary über-blog' wears no clothes: Dumenco

Jun 22, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syracuse University’s SI Newhouse journalism school recently awarded Arianna Huffington one of their lifetime achievement awards, an honor that strikes Simon Dumenco as absurd, he writes for Advertising Age. It sounds like a brutally ironic joke: a school for training journalists honors someone who’s built a popular website... More »

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media • tabloids • gossip • blog • Huffington Post • aggregator • photos • Simon Dumenco

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

Dowd Sorry for 'Plagiarizing' Liberal Blog

Says Josh Marshall passage came unattributed from a pal

May 18, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of Talking Points Memo did a doubletake when they got to a passage in Maureen Dowd's column yesterday on the timing of Bush use of torture; Josh Marshall had written the same thing—short of three words—three days back. Dowd has corrected her column online, and the New ... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • plagiarism • blog • Maureen Dowd • Talking Points Memo • op-ed

(Newser) - If you think your crazy Uncle Jackie's penchant for lederhosen makes for some uncomfortable family images, you have an online refuge, reports the Telegraph. Awkwardfamilyphotos.com, which debuted this month and is now pulling in 2 million visitors a day, struck a chord with everyone who's ever posed in... More »

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photography • family • blog • portrait • Jay-ZTV

 Luke Russert a 
 No-Show at NBC 

He hasn't been on the air since March

May 11, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Russert's son, Luke, landed a sweet gig covering youth issues at NBC News after his dad died last summer. Just one problem: No one's seen him since March, the New York Post reports. "It's like, 'Well, that's what you get for nepotism,' " says one NBC insider.... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • MSNBC • Tim Russert • blog • Twitter • Luke Russert

(Newser) - Jenny McCarthy has signed on with Oprah Winfrey’s production company in a deal that includes a syndicated talk show, according to the Hollywood Reporter. McCarthy’s first outing with Harpo is a blog, which launched Friday on Oprah.com. McCarthy has appeared multiple times on Winfrey’s talk show... More »

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entertainment • autism • Oprah Winfrey • blog • talk show • syndication • Harpo Films • Jenny McCarthy

 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

 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

 Holly in Catfight 
 at Hef's Birthday 

All three exes turn out for bash

Apr 7, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugh Hefner reunited with his ex-girlfriends this weekend at his 83rd birthday bash in Las Vegas—and one of them got into a cyber catfight. When a reporter—who also dated Holly Madison’s former flame Criss Angel—called Hefner ex and party host Madison a “bad interview” via... More »

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celebrity • fight • blog • Criss Angel • Hugh Hefner • Twitter • Kendra Wilkinson • Holly Madison • Bridget Marquardt

Bucks Forward Takes Heat
for Mid-Game Tweet

Team discourages posts during halftime

Mar 18, 09 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charlie Villanueva’s zeal for micro-blogging has him in trouble with the Milwaukee Bucks, who deemed the forward’s half-time locker room tweet during Sunday’s Buck-Celtics game to be unsportsmanlike conduct, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. “We made a point to address Charlie and the team that it’... More »

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NBA • basketball • Milwaukee • Milwaukee Bucks • blog • Scott Skiles • Charlie Villanueva • Twitter • microblogging

 Facebook Changes 
 Irk Users—Again 

Twitter-esque feed makes site jumbled, members complain

Mar 18, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest changes to Facebook are barely a week old and are already prompting the ire of users, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Updates from friends now appear on the homepage in a real-time, Twitter-esque feed, which users complain crowds out more important messages, like friend requests. A user group,... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • online privacy • blog • Twitter • Internet privacy

 A Year Later, 
 Spitzer Hooker 
 'Proud' of Herself 

Dupre discusses 'mistakes' in blog

Mar 12, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wondering how Ashley Dupre is doing, one year after Eliot Spitzer’s downfall? She'll tell you herself, in lengthy detail, through her blog on Global Grind, the New York Daily News reports. Though she’s “made more mistakes than most people make in a lifetime,” the 23-year-old is... More »

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sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • blog • autobiography • Ashley Dupre • call girl

Octuplet Mom Turns Down
Free, 24-Hour Child Care

Starts video diary to explain her side of story

Mar 2, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman has rejected an offer from a nonprofit group for free, 24-hour care for her 14 kids, the Los Angeles Times reports. The group’s founder says Suleman lost interest when it vetoed a reality show based around their care, but Suleman disputes that in a video diary for... More »

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child care • Oprah Winfrey • blog • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

OPINION

 While DC  Burns, 
 Congress Twitters 

Congress micro-blogging obsession is unbecoming: Milbank

Feb 25, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Washington has a problem, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. No, not just pork, or the influence of lobbyists—Twitter. President Obama gave a speech last night that was solemn but hopeful, bold yet pragmatic. And how did our lawmakers respond? “They whipped out their BlackBerrys and... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • House of Representatives • BlackBerry • blog • State of the Union Address • Twitter • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Marc Cuban has some ideas about how to get the nation out of this financial mess, and they have a lot to do with—no surprise—Marc Cuban. The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks says entrepreneurs can lead the way, so he's soliciting business plans at his blog, the... More »

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entrepreneurs • Mark Cuban • Dallas Mavericks • recession • funding • blog

 Miley Sorry 
 For Real 
 This Time 

Singer apologizes for controversial pic

Feb 10, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has apologized again for slanting her eyes in a photo leaked last week, this time admitting her action might be seen as "hurtful," E! Online reports. In her first half-hearted explanation, Cyrus said she was just being "goofy" in the picture, which was slammed by... More »

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celebrity • photograph • Internet leak • blog • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • racist • Asian-Americans

 Miley: 'I'm 
 Not Racist, 
 Just Goofy' 

Singer defends controversial pic

Feb 6, 09 4:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus apologized—sort of—for slanting her eyes in the photo that sparked accusations of racism and the particular ire of a national Asian-American group, the Daily News reports. “I'm sorry if those people looked at those pics and took them wrong and out of context!” the... More »

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celebrity • photograph • Internet leak • blog • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • racist • Asian-Americans

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