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Drowning in Twitter World

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Icon, Blogs, Amazon.com, Linkedin, Sara Jane Moore, Twitter, Geri Spieler, Social Networking, Nielsen, Red Room, Diggers, Facebook, Huffington Post, Neilsen Survey, Myspace, President, Media News
Geri Spieler

OK, so maybe it's just me, but all this Social Networking is just too much pressure!

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Journalism versus the Zombies

Paul Dailing | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Clark Hoyt, Old Media vs. New Media, Twitter, Zombies, Social Networking, Click and Clack, Nina Totenberg, Lou Dobbs, Media, Facebook, Journalism, Blogs, Sarah Lacy, Npr, Vlogs, Car Talk, Cnn, Jeff Jarvis, Ira Glass, New Media, Fox News, Sam Zell, Media News
Paul Dailing

The dead rising from their graves to consume the living and overrun the earth, like so many other new trend stories, first broke on Twitter. In its e...

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Bitch Happy Blogs: Why We Like to Share Our Shame Online

Victoria Namkung | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Therapy, Economic-Misery, Fmylife, Recession, My Very Worst Date, Media News
Victoria Namkung

Misery undoubtedly loves company, but a virtual community is often formed when there's a humorous take on sharing one's shame.

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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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Mark Penn "Cooks the Books" on Bloggers

Lane Hudson | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, American Politics, Mark Penn, Wall Street Journal, Bloggers, Media News
Lane Hudson

Mark Penn has commentary up at the Wall Street Journal. Good heavens. For 1250 words, it sure is an intellectually lazy piece of crap.

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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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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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Twitter's Aspiring Micro-Celebrities

Sasha Cagen | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Geeks, South by Southwest, Twitter, Sxsw, Quirkyalone, Twitterati, Micro-Celebrity, Followers, Twitter Celebrities, Media News
Sasha Cagen

The rules of fame are being rewritten. Andy Warhol would be pleased. Forget fifteen minutes, now you can create a cult of yourself on Twitter and be in constant conversation with every fan.

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"Should I h8 AZNs?": When Satire Fails, It's Racist

Disgrasian | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Music Blogs, Bloggers, Racist, Economic Crisis, Asian Americans, Hipsters, Race, Hipster Runoff, Blogs, Asian-Americans, Asians, Economic Recession, Satire, Racism, Racism and Satire, Racial Stereotypes, Hipster Kids, China Economy, China, Humor and Satire, Asia, Media News
Disgrasian

Unfortunately, "Should I h8 AZNs?" is not satire. It highlights a very real cultural anxiety and its attendant racist backlash without taking it to task in any substantive way.

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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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It's Not Your Father's News

Michael Wolff | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, New York Times, Newspapers, Web Journalism, Bloggers, Newspaper Industry, Newser, Media News
Michael Wolff

New York Times Columnist David Carr says "Google, The Huffington Post, and Newser have built their audiences and brands on other people's labors."

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Dear Mr President: Please Read Your Blogs -- (It's Not Like Eating Your Spinach)

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stiglitz Slams Bad Bank Idea, Nouriel Roubini, Financial Bailout, Geithner Plan, Obama Blackberry, Obama Blogs, Larry Summers, Paul Krugman Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Financial Advice, Blogs, Roubini Nationalization, Barack Obama Blackberry, Financial Meltdown, Joseph Stiglitz, FInancial Markets, Tim Geithner, Geithner Bailout, Paul Krugman on Barack Obama, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Global Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Political Blogs, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

It would be a bit disturbing if a president who has said he wants to hear the widest range of opinions on important issues would want to dismiss those who write blog posts.

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Open Letter to MSNBC President Phil Griffin

Jennifer Nix | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, David Sirota, Msnbc, Populism, Television Ratings, Death of Newspapers, Progressive Movement, Keith Olbermann, Center for American Progress, Blogs, Phil Griffin, Progress, Media Matters, Activism, Rachel Maddow, Traditional Media, New Media, Television News, Media News
Jennifer Nix

I hope you'll take a moment to consider why I think your move with the 10 p.m. program is so important, and why David Sirota is the best candidate for host.

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USA Today Reporter Responds to Blog Post

Bella DePaulo | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Marriage-Promotion, Singled Out, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, Singles, Media, Government Programs, Myths, Happiness, Blogs, Marriage, USA Today, Singlism, Wealth, Advertising, Single Parents, Health, Discrimination, Methodology, Media News
Bella DePaulo

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The Media Business: It's the Perspective, Stupid

David Sirota | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, New Media, New Republic, Politico, Media, The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Media News
David Sirota

You can create a pretty sizable audience in a cost-effective manner if your publication's perspective is what we can call The Rest of Us -- a perspective focusing on how public policy affects ordinary people.

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Chatter around the Kitchen Table is What Matters -- Media Chatter Does Not

Michelle Kraus | Posted 03.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Obama White House, Meet the Press, Economic Stimulus Package, Cnn, David Axelrod, President Obama, Fox News, Anderson Cooper 360, Huffington Post, Media News
Michelle Kraus

Maybe the media can stop grand standing and provoking hysteria and get down with the real folks.

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Obama Calls on Huffington Post's Sam Stein

Linda Bergthold | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Huffington Post, Obama Press Conference, President Barack Obama, Sam Stein, Media News
Linda Bergthold

One of the handful of reporters who were called upon to ask a question at President Obama's first press conference was Sam Stein of the Huffington Post.

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Chris Matthews: Blogs Don't Count

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Blogs, Media, Journalism, Bloggers, Blogging, Chris Matthews, Chris Matthews Bloggers, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

Chris Matthews enlightened us all by explaining Thursday that journalists can't be bloggers, and bloggers contribute nothing to journalism. After all, Chris Matthews knows real journalism.

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Keeping Anderson Cooper Honest: How CNN and the Media Flubbed Obama's 2nd Swearing In

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh, Social Responsibility, Lobbyists, Morning Joe, Cheney, Media, Anderson Cooper, Fox, Anderson Cooper 360, Fourth Estate, Missing White House Emails, Blogs, Obama Swearing In, Bush Legacy, Cnn, Constitution, Chris Wallace, Journalists, Obama Innauguration, Reporters, Breaking Politics News, Oath of Office, Ed Henry, Obama Transparency, John Roberts Flub, Bill Plante, Cbs, Journalism, Television, CBS News, Media News
Ronald B. Robinson

The same media that is creating a negative impression of President Obama is saying little about the outgoing administration's widespread destruction of official government records.

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Matthews Slams Reporter For Citing Blogs: "Let's Stick To Journalism. I Don't Do That Here" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 02.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Hardball, Video, Journalism, Chris Matthews, Media News

On "Hardball" Thursday, Chris Matthews issued a stern rebuke to NY Daily News reporter Liz Benjamin when she cited blogs on the possible "affair quest...

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Vietnam Cracks Down On Robust Blogosphere

Washington Post | Posted 02.18.2009 | World

Read More: Vietnam Censors Blogs, Freedom of the Press, Press Censorship, Blogs, Vietnam Bloggers, Press Freedom Vietnam, Vietnam Blogs, Vietnam, Asia, World News

BANGKOK -- Vietnam's government has issued several decrees in recent months to curtail blogging, as the number of Internet users soars in the communis...

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Milestone

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Living, Media, Entertainment, The Internet, Jews, Web, Websites, Jewish Culture, Anniversary, Blogs, Internet, Huffington Post, Jackie Mason, Blogging, Technology, Style News
Earl Pomerantz

Ideas are like twinkling slivers of understanding. They flash in your mind, and you go, "Yeah!" It's not usually the whole thing that comes to you. Just a fragment.

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New York Times Launches "Times Extra" In Beta

NY Times PR | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, New York Times Website, New York Times, New York Times Extra, Web Journalism, Blogging, Media News

NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2008 - NYTimes.com announced today the beta launch of Times Extra, an alternative view of the home page featuring news headlines wit...

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Jason Linkins

Frank Rich Cited For Excellence In Embedded Link Provision

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Embedded Links, New York Times, Nieman Journalism Lab, Frank Rich, Blogging, Media News

It's worth mentioning that Rich is the ONLY op-ed columnist at the Times that bothers to adhere to this practice: "Not Brooks nor Cohen nor Collins nor Dowd nor Friedman nor Herbert nor Kristof nor Kristol nor Krugman."

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Publish or Perish v. Publish and Perish

Aimee Liu | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Blogs, Time, Internet, Electronic Publishing, Advertising Age, E-Books, Cottage Living, Artists, Random House, Technology, Business News
Aimee Liu

Here's the central paradox: there's more opportunity for all to publish, but more than ever, only the mega-sellers profit at all. It's like a rapidly expanding casino with a shrinking winner's circle.

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