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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 1, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media

Read More: David Souter Retires, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Supreme Court, Michael Steele, David Souter, National Review, Souter Replacement, Blogging, Souter, Media News

Hey everybody, did you know that today, there was a mighty Teabagging set for Michigan? Professional poli-sci hobo Joe The Plumber was supposed to be...

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A Business Model for Journalism Where Writers Get Paid

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, H&R Block, Newspapers, Portfolio.com, Economy, Bloggers, The Huffington Post, Domino Magazine, Media, Recession, Blogs, Amazon.com, Internet, Portfolio Magazine, Corporations, Advertising, Rupert Murdoch, Marketing, New York Times, New Media, Branding, Media News, Blogging, Magazines, Media News
Michelle Haimoff

The only economically viable option for the future of journalism lies in the direct corporate sponsorship of content.

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Fiji Bloggers A "Threat To National Security": Military

Voice Of America | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Blogs, Fijian Blogger, Fiji Blogger, Fiji Military, Bloggers, Foreign Affairs, Fijian Bloggers, Fiji Bloggers, Blogging, Anonymous Blogger, Advocacy, Fiji, Bloggers in Danger, World News

Fijians are increasingly turning to blogging to circumvent media censorship as the military government continues to impose restrictions on newspapers ...

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Qikker than Twitter

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Iphone, Online Safety, Qikker, Fosi, Internet Safety, Family Online Safety Insitute, Qik, Twitter, Tweet, Stephen Balkam, I Phone, Social Networking, New-Media, Camera Phone, New Media, Blogging, Media News
Stephen Balkam

We're going to have to get used to a Truman Show-type existence where we will both star and direct our own as-it-happens video show.

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How to Fill Yankee Stadium's Pricey Empty Seats

Dave Astor | Posted 05.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New York Yankees, Expensive Tickets, Economy, Yankee Stadium, Mom and Pop, Going Green, Studio Apartments, Taxpayers, D-Day, Normandy Invasion, Traffic, Swimming, Grounds Crew, Manhattan, Average Fan, Yankees, Old Yankee Stadium, Ymca, The Village People, Bronx Bombers, Blogging, Taxpayer Subsidies, Infield Dirt, Hits, Recession, Boot Camp, New Yankee Stadium, Luxury Condos, Web, Hot Dogs, Mustard, Internet, Wiretapping, Environment, Omaha Beach, Joe DiMaggio, Internets, Sports, Steinbrenners, Comedy News
Dave Astor

Given that the team's super-rich owners used taxpayer subsidies to help finance their gilded ballpark, it serves them right that they're losing some revenue.

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Self-Googling Enhanced by Blogging Regularly

Danny Groner | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Blogs, Blogosphere, The Huffington Post, Bloggers, Self-Googling, Content-Aggregators, Content Aggregators, Aggregated News, Embarassment, Aggregated-News, Huffington Post, Blogging, Media News
Danny Groner

Thanks to news aggregators that have picked up my recent HuffPost pieces, my dreadfully written college newspaper stories are now buried deep inside the annals of double-digit pages on Google returns.

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Perfect News Storm Causes Blogging Paralysis

Spencer Green | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Susan Boyle, President Obama, Craigslist, Carrie Prejean, News, Blogging, Bloggers, Comedy News
Spencer Green

An unusually high concentration of potential irony-laden and comment-worthy news items has caused many U.S. bloggers to clutch their heads in pain and temporarily put their keyboards aside to take a breath.

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A Blogging Dilemma: When Should I Brush My Teeth?

Drew Grant | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Working From Home, Blogging, Poor Spelling, Comedy News
Drew Grant

Not to sound crass or anything, but when you work from home, it becomes increasingly harder to figure out a schedule for personal hygiene.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 20, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Andrew Sullivan, Totture, Bloggers, Filibuster, Financial News, Eliot Spitzer, Jane Harman Wiretap, Jane Harman AIPAC, Jane Harman, Media Criticism, Budget Reconciliation, Blogging, Torture Memos, Media News

Imagine you had invited me to your home for some sort of potluck dinner, and I had promised to bring a freshly baked pie, only to show up with a pie p...

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Microblogging with Shitter - I Mean Twitter

Peter Schwartz | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Web 2.0, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Journalism, Blogging, Celebrities, Business News
Peter Schwartz

The odds are that traffic and use of Twitter will eventually level off or shrink, precisely because it possesses the classic attributes of a fad.

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HuffPost Review -- State of Play (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Review, Universal, Russell Crow, State of Play, Thriller, Ben Affleck, Blogging, Movies, Helen Mirren, Journalism, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

State of Play is the sort of movie that "they just don't make anymore." Despite its attempts to include newfangled ideas regarding journalism, it is a refreshingly old-fashioned star-driven thriller.

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The State of Play of "State of Play"

William Bradley | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Morrissey, Bbc, Michael Mann, Alan J. Pakula, John Simm, Robert Redford, Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Sydney Pollack, Kevin Macdonald, Paul Newman, State of Play, Journalism, Sally Field, Al Pacino, Blackwater, State of Play Miniseries, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Warren Beatty, 24, Blogging, Life on Mars, Body of Lies, L.A. Confidential, The Insider, All the President's Men, Lowell Bergman, The Parallax View, Jeffrey Wigand, Absence of Malice, Dustin Hoffman, Doctor Who, Entertainment News
William Bradley

State of Play is a political thriller wrapped inside a journalistic thriller that works better as the latter.

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Should Newspapers Charge for Online Content? To Answer This Question, You Have to Consult a Lawyer

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Politics News, Intellectual Property, Newspapers, Copyright, Bloggers, Content-Aggregators, Death of Newspapers, Media News, Online Newspapers, Blogging, Media News
Peter Scheer

Information wants to be free, but the creators of information also need to eat. Which of these interests ultimately prevails, although partly a business issue, depends fundamentally on legal considerations.

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"Whose Blog Is It, Anyway?"

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Living, Media, Entertainment, Blogs, Blogosphere, Bloggers, Blogging, Media News
Earl Pomerantz

On its most basic level, a blog is simply a platform where guys, or the female version of guys, can freely and fearlessly express whatever they want.

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How Social Media Today and its Online Communities Reinforce Blogging

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Robin Carey, Jerry Bowles, Sales, Social Media Today, Bloggers, Venture Capital, Social Media Marketing, Online Community, Social Media, Enterprise, Governing, Marketing, Sustainability, Pr, Blogging, Business News
Ari Herzog

Disclosure: In late February, I was recruited by Robin Carey and Jerry Bowles, co-founders of Social Media Today and joined their team as a community ...

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Maddie Spohr: Tragic Death Inspires Web Community

Michelle Lamar | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Blogs, Internet, Bloggers, Motherhood, Parenting, Moms, Babies, Blogging, Twitter, Matt Lauer, Today Show, Demi Moore, Jimmy Fallon, Celebrities, Health, Maddie Sphor, Living News
Michelle Lamar

Since Maddie passed, almost $24,000 has been raised for the March of Dimes.

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Blog For The Environment -- It's Working

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Activism, Giy, Blogging, Green News

Leading the charge? You guessed it--young bloggers. They're largely responsible for dominating the search returns that debunk coal's PR machine. Esse...

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Sounds of Silence

Neil McCarthy | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Paul Krugman, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, Blogging, Colorado, Media News
Neil McCarthy

Along with the other "weigher-inners", I could break my studied silence and take a position. As far as I can tell, I would just need to make some aphoristically cute atmospheric point.

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Connecting through Clutter

Darryle Pollack | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Giving, The Giving Life, Clutter, Community Service, Depression, Consumerism and Recession, Charity, Hope, Economy, Social Entreprenuership, Green, Entreprenuership, Consumerism and Economy, Consumerism, Service, Environment, Environmental Blogging, Blogging, Cluttercast, Recession, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Every day I post an item, tell the story behind it, and give it away to someone who wants it.

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Stress Kills: 3 Reasons Do Something About Yours...Before It's Too Late

Therese Borchard | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Pituitary Gland, Bipolar Disorder, Heart, Brain, Health, Aortic Valve, Blogging, Personal Health, Stress Kills, Living News
Therese Borchard

I apologize if this post reads like your grandmother's obituary, but I want to drive home a very important point: STRESS KILLS YOU. I've always know...

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Jobless But Not Jokeless in Journalism

Dave Astor | Posted 04.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, President Obama, Editorial Cartoons, Wireless Connection, Old Media, Newspaper Reporters, Alexander the Great, Wage Freeze, Journalism, Layoffs, Egyptian Pharoahs, Online, Iraq War, Journos, Blogging, Time Machine, Comedy News
Dave Astor

Many Americans don't care that newspapers are hemorrhaging jobs, but laid-off journalists wandering the streets could become a quality-of-life issue.

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Fast Times at Facebook High

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Social Networking, Blogging, Bloggers, Media News
Raymond Leon Roker

Sunday's NY Times piece reminds us that in this ever connected and status obsessed online ecosystem, you have to constantly be vigilant about your connections and information.

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Jane Fonda on Joining the Blogosphere

Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, Jane Fonda, 33 Variations, Blogging, Aging, Women's Media Center, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy, Robert Redford, Vday, The Jane Fonda Center at Emory University, Robin Morgan, Matisse, Gloria Steinem, My Life So Far, Sisterhood Is Global Institute, Lily Tomlin, Beethoven, Moises Kaufman, Media News
Marianne Schnall

Not content merely to speak to her Broadway audience eight times a week through a critically acclaimed performance, Jane Fonda is blogging daily and twittering nightly. She finds herself hooked on the instant feedback.

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Iranian Christian Bloggers Missing: FCNN

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Blogger Dies, Iran Blogosphere, Blogs, Bloggers, Foreign Affairs, Iran Blogger Jail, Iran, Iranian Christian, Blogging, Iran Blogger, Advocacy, Bloggers in Danger, World News

At the same time that the Iranian government is mulling capital punishment for "offensive bloggers, reports have emerged that two Iranian Christian bl...

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Iran Mulls Death Penalty For Offensive Bloggers (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Executions, Iranian Blogger, Capital Punishment, Execution, Iranian Bloggers, Iran Death Penalty, Saudi Arabia, Bloggers, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iranian Blogger Arrested, China, Blogging, Advocacy, Video, Bloggers in Danger, Iran Bloggers, Death Penalty in Iran 2009, Death Video, World News

A new Al Jazeera English video reports that Iran is considering a law that would make "offensive" blogging punishable by death. The video notes an Am...

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