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 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
... More »

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YouTube • MySpace • blog • blogger • Gawker • Rachael Ray • Quarterlife • Laurel Touby • David Motari • Julia Allison

 Gawker Selling Off a Few Blogs 

Wonkette, Idolator and Gridskipper become casualties of economic belt-tightening

Apr 14, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gawker Media is cutting loose three of its blogs, CNET reports: Wonkette, Idolator and Gridskipper. “To be blunt," explained Gawker founder Nick Denton in an internal email, "they each had their editorial successes; but someone else will have better luck selling the advertising than we did."... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • blog • Gawker • Nick Denton • new media • Gawker Media • Idolator • Gridskipper • Wonkette • Buzznet • Curbed • Blogads

'White People' Is Model of Right Time, Right Place

Offensive site points up how blogs can serve as book proposals

Mar 24, 08 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The skyrocket success of blog “Stuff White People Like” has shown anew how quickly (and lucratively) a zeitgeist-capturing blog can become a mass-market success story. Only three months young, the site—which skewers the posturing of liberal bourgeois Caucasians—has earned its creator a massive readership and a six-figure... More »

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coffee • publishing • blog • farmers markets • Stuff White People Like

Wal-Mart Blog Lets Buyers Post Real Reviews

Some suppliers vexed, but site 'puts real personality out there'

Mar 3, 08 7:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Wal-Mart is letting its buyers blast or hail store products on a new blog, and do so freely—a shift for the once-strict corporate culture. Posts have so far panned Microsoft's Vista and a "Star Wars" movie, all while revealing favorite books, Bible quotes, and pets. "It puts... More »

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Internet • corporate culture • blog • chain stores • Wal-Mart

Blogs Find Their Audio Outlet

BlogTalkRadio.com gives just about anyone a platform, claims 2M listeners

Feb 28, 08 5:39 PM CST
(Newser) - It's no NPR yet, but the latest radio phenomenon is gathering steam—and it's not even really radio, Portfolio reports. The 18-month-old BlogTalkRadio.com lets anyone with a broadcasting itch host a show for free; users select a time slot, genre, topic and start gabbing—the audio blog even... More »

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radio • Internet • Brad Pitt • online media • John Kerry • blog • BlogTalkRadio

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

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

McCain's Daughter Blogs About Trail Life, Not Politics

Meghan, 23, prefers candid snapshots of the grind over policy statements

Feb 23, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Potential first daughter Meghan McCain has been blogging about life on the campaign trail, focusing on Henry Kissinger’s shoes and iTunes playlists rather then the finer points of policy, the Los Angeles Times reports. Candidates’ children are often deployed to humanize their parents—in carefully choreographed ways—but... More »

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John McCain • presidential primaries • blog • campaign trail • McCain 2008 • first families • Election 2008 • Meghan McCain

Fashion Lovers Grow Weary
of Waif Look

Internet, reality TV
spark use of real
people as models

Jan 27, 08 7:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Fashion blogs, "Ugly Betty", and other pop staples are nudging the fashion industry to use more real people as models, Newsweek reports. So are YouTube, reality TV, and a slew of designers who make affordable lines for Target and H&M. "People would like to see somebody up... More »

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fashion • weight • model • blog • Fashion Week • Target • fashion designer

Thousands Glued to WWI Blog

Private Harry Lamin's letters appear in real time online

Jan 6, 08 5:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Does he live, or lose his life to "liquid fire and bombs"? That question is keeping tens of thousands glued to a site that is posting the letters of a World War I soldier in real time, 90 years after they were written. The soldier's grandson, who collected... More »

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Internet • letters • soldier • blog • Britain • World War I

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

Google Reader Sparks Users' Anger Over Privacy

'Shared' items become visible to all contacts

Dec 27, 07 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A new Google Reader feature that centralizes a user’s favorite blog and web updates is causing an uproar, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Quietly introduced Dec. 14, the feature makes articles marked "shared" visible to all of a user’s contacts—including anyone they’ve ever... More »

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Google • online privacy • blog • Google Reader

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

Japan Blogs, But Politely

Also profusely, briefly, anonymously, and nonconfrontationally

Dec 7, 07 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan's enormous blog culture is very different from its counterpart in the English-speaking world, reports the Washington Post. Japanese blogs have more and shorter posts, and they consist mostly of anonymous musings on life and personal experiences. The relentless criticism and self-aggrandizement of American and European bloggers shock many of... More »

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Japan • blog • blogger

Ahmadinejad Gets a Blog, Hilarity Ensues

Iranian prez finds unexpectedly critical audience online

Nov 26, 07 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started his blog, he thought circumventing the media would let him present his message unadulterated to fawning supporters, free from opposition catcalls. What he found instead was a hypercritical audience typical of the online realm, the Guardian reports. Iranians, among others, are mercilessly flaming their president,... More »

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Iran • propaganda • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • blog

With TV Cut
Off, Pakistanis Turn to the Web

Musharraf can’t keep people offline in newly tech-savvy country

Nov 8, 07 2:07 AM CST
(Newser) - When Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule, he turned off all news outlets but his own, but couldn't stop Pakistanis from flocking to the Internet for independent news. The website of private news outfit GEO-TV was so flooded by traffic that the channel had to upgrade servers and remove non-text content... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • cell phones • protests • online news • blog • GEO TV • independent media • martial law

Justin.tv All Me All the Time

Extending the livecasting of
daily existence
from one man to many

Oct 14, 07 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - In most pix of Justin Kan a small camera is perched above his left ear. He’s a livecaster who co-founded Justin.tv, for people like him who have the tools, and the desire, to broadcast their every waking moment on the Web. The NY Times reports that the founders... More »

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Internet • privacy • blog • livestream • Justin Kan • vlogs

Senate Shield Law Would Cover Bloggers

Controversial new measure defines 'journalist' broadly

Oct 5, 07 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Senate bill that passed the Judiciary Committee yesterday would give bloggers the “reporter’s privilege” of protecting their sources. The federal shield law defines journalism broadly enough to include bloggers who write about public affairs. Critics, including US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, say the bill would undermine national security,... More »

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Congress • online media • Senate • House of Representatives • journalism • blog • blogger

Hunt's On for Burma's
Hero Bloggers

Cyber dissidents on the lam

Oct 1, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burmese bloggers whose accounts and photos of the Saffron Revolution and the brutal crackdown by the military dictatorship riveted the world last week are now  being hunted by authorities, reports the Times of London. With the Internet shut down and the streets swarming with troops, the bloggers have gone underground. More »

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blog • blogger • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhist monks • Saffron Revolution • Ko Latt • Arca • Sun • Superman • eyes

Hackers Target Bloggers
in Cyber-Faceoff

Viral gang sends users infected downloads in major web sweep affecting thousands

Aug 30, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hackers are attacking Google’s Blogger site and planting links to downloads potentially laden with viruses, the BBC reports. Some blogs have been updated with innocent-looking links promising news or digital greeting cards. But clicking on the links could give away users' private data or invite harmful spam messages. Google... More »

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Google • hacker • blog • virus • storm worm • blogger

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