Blogs

Is Blu-ray That Red-Hot?

John Farr | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

With time it was inevitable that the technological innovation called "Blu-ray" would impinge on my particular corner of the movie universe, and I would have to confront it, willingly or not.

Inspiring Young People to Write

Joel Arquillos | Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact


Joel Arquillos

When a student like Cesar Guajardo takes the initiative to write about something he feels very passionate about, 826LA is there to help him develop his ability to express his ideas clearly and confidently.

Teflon Dick: How Cheney Uses Media For Protection

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media


Linda Milazzo

Dick Cheney has committed unconstrained, and as yet unprosecuted offenses, that include circumventing the Constitution and lying the nation into war.

Book Bloggers Rock!

Fauzia Burke | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books


Fauzia Burke

With newspapers and magazines folding left and right, book coverage has been severely impacted. Luckily, book bloggers have come to the rescue, often without the credit they deserve.

New York Post Launches Brooklyn Blog

The New York Observer | Molly Fischer | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


The Post continues its Brooklyn adventures. Last month it started throwing in The Brooklyn Paper for the borough's subscribers; now, its website offer...

STRIP & REBIND: Why Publicists Love the Word "No"

Cassie Ammerman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books


Cassie Ammerman

There is a word that publicists love almost as much as "yes." And it's "no." Seems counterintuitive, right? But it's true. There is little I love more than a solid "no."

Threatened Voices Charts Bloggers Under Attack Around The World

Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


Blogging from a fancy office in Soho, it is easy to forget how dangerous it can be for bloggers around the world to do their work. But just last month...

The Cause Conference Circuit

Shira Lazar | Posted 11.02.2009 | Impact


Shira Lazar

I recently moderated a great panel, Online Locally, Act Globally, at the Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas. The panel reiterated how one individual can use social media to create massive social change.

25 Bloggers You Wish You Were Reading

Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media


Rachel Sklar

Remember when the web used to be about following links to someone's cool blogspot site? Now it's all about the world of ultra-ultra-niche or the secret gems that the big sites troll daily for their unique takes.

New On The NYR Blog

The New York Review of Books | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books


The New York Review blog has two new posts up today, from Haleh Esfandiari, who writes about her tenure in Evin Prison in Tehran, and Ahmed Rashid, wh...

What People Were Packing at BlogWorld Expo '09 (Technology, You Dirty Buggers!)

Jennifer Kushell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology


Jennifer Kushell

With all the funky new technology available these days, what is the one thing that the online blogging elite refuse to leave home without?

Subject: Our Marketing Plan

The New Yorker | Ellis Weiner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books


If you already have a blog, make sure you spray-feed your URL in niblets open-face to the skein. We like Reddit bites (they're better than Delicious),...

Technorati Releases "State Of The Blogosphere" Report

Technorati | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Welcome to Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2009 report. Since 2004, our annual study has followed the growth and trends in the blogosphere. For ...

The End of the Affair in Hollywood

Candy Spelling | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment


Candy Spelling

Big stars are going public on Facebook and Twitter with complaints about other stars. Guys, that's a real no-no. That's why you have publicists and agents and managers and all those other handlers.

Do Book Bloggers Make a Difference?

Beth Kephart | Posted 10.14.2009 | Books


Beth Kephart

Let's stop asking if book bloggers can make a difference. Let's start figuring out how they can operate -- with integrity and commitment, without fear of being fined -- in the coming era of new FTC guidelines.

New York Review: The Blog (Preview)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books


The New York Review of Books, our content partner, Is teasing its new site by giving us a peek at their brand new blog section today. As usual it is f...

Yoani Sanchez, HuffPost Blogger In Cuba, Not Allowed To Accept Columbia Award

AP | ANNE-MARIE GARCIA | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


HAVANA A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's communist system said she was denied go...

Dear Publishing Colleagues

Amy Hertz | Posted 12.15.2009 | Books


Amy Hertz

I know many of you are looking at this Books section and wondering what the heck is going on and how the hell you are going to make any noise for your books.

Five Things That Annoy Me About Your Blog

Jessica Olien | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media


Jessica Olien

LOLcatz has already been made into a book and it's likely that your bad idea makes it look like Animal Farm.

Bound and Gagged: Publishers Remain Silent

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books


There's a chill in the U.S. publishing industry when it comes to blogging. As we've been tracking down talented book-industry people to blog for th...

FTC: Bloggers Must Disclose Payments For Reviews -- Or Pay Big

AP | DEBORAH YAO and EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 10.05.2009 | Technology


The Federal Trade Commission on Monday took steps to make product information and online reviews more accurate for consumers, regulating blogging for ...

Washington Post Looking for "America's Next Great Pundit" -- Could It Be You?

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media


Chris Weigant

Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.

Media Drops the F-Bomb Into Its Headlines

Danny Groner | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media


Danny Groner

By the looks of it, the "F-Bomb" has been lurking for some time now, but it took the Slate incident on SNL to help propel it further. Call me old-fashioned, but what ever happened to the old, reliable, and charged F-Word?

Our Blog Lives: Boring Microblogs Just Work, Home, Lunch, Sleep

mashable.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


Are our everyday lives really so mundane? Does it all boil down to working, getting home, satisfying the most basic needs such as eating and sleeping,...

The Pentagon Gives Us a Teachable, New Media Moment

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media


Jarvis Coffin

The Pentagon plans to issue new restrictions that will make a serious attempt to restrict access to social networking sites.