Epic Win: US Reporter Protections Legislation Extends To New Media

Legislation that will protect reporters from being forced to disclose their confidential sources in the US Federal Court will recognize new media alongside heritage media. The legislation, a compromise between the US Senate, media representatives and the White ... continue

How Twitter has changed the Blogosphere, but not in the way you think

At some stage in the last two years we should have been writing posts noting that blogging has died. "Twitter will kill blogging" we were told by self-appointed "social media" experts, and yet today blogging is still ... continue

Mashable signs a deal with CNN

In a decent than syndicating your posts deal, Mashable announced yesterday that they've signed a deal with CNN to link to their posts from the CNN Tech page. In a serious bout of new speak, Mashable's founder (and ... continue

NYT subtly frowns on Deadspin’s ESPN horndog dossier shenanigans

A new media campaign retaliating against ESPN for scandal related subterfuge got some old media attention today. Deadspin, a Gawker media blog, gets oodles of sports and sportscaster news related tips and rumors in their inbox. Back at ... continue

A Very Wordpress World

Since 2003, an open source, Internet-oriented software package has done what is exceedingly rare within that community:  becoming not only immensely popular and wildly loved, but also profitable.  Matt Mullenweg has managed to turn what began as ... continue

Demand Media – the Myspace of online content, or blogging by the numbers

Right from the top I have to own up to the fact that part of the post headline is a direct rip from Robert X Cringely' post the other day about what has to be the scummiest ... continue

Disgraced former NYC commish Bernard Kerik has bail revoked for blogging

You may remember former NYC Police Commissioner and Giuliani BFF Bernard Kerik for his national prominence after the attacks of September 11th. Once a candidate to head the 9/11-inspired Department of Homeland Security, Kerik is now in hot ... continue

Bloggers can be such gutless wonders

While everyone on the web seems to have been captivated by BalloonBoy and the story's love affair with cable news there has been another potential story waiting in the wings that could send BalloonBoy and family back ... continue

IAB Labels FTC Blogger Rules Unconstitutional

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has gone into bat on the side of bloggers, calling for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to withdraw its new rules forcing disclosure of financial relationships on blogs. The IAB says ... continue

Photoshopped Ralph Lauren model fired for being too fat

Did you see the badly photoshopped Ralph Lauren ad making the rounds on the internet last week? If you missed it, the model in the ad had been clearly edited- so much so that her pelvis appeared smaller ... continue

Unemployed lawyer gets benefits yanked over $1 a day blogging

Unless you happened to be a very popular blog network like I Can Has Cheezeburger the chances of making a living strictly from running Google AdSense is next to impossible. However the idea that earning a $1.30 ... continue

Is the FTC being used to marginalize independent bloggers?

See that line in the sand? The one that was drawn yesterday by the FTC and their new <gag> guidelines </gag> about bloggers having to disclose any and all interactions with advertisers, book ... continue