TechCrunch sued by Earthcomber, ethical questions

Earthcomber, a location focused applications provider has filed suit against TechCrunch, Interserve and Loopt over patent infringement. The core of the complaint started with a charge against Loopt over similar services, and TechCrunch was a late addition to ... continue

Using the economy as an excuse for failure doesn’t stack up

"If we don't get three inches, man, Or four to break this drought, We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan, "Before the year is out." (Said Hanrahan, John O'Brien) You'd had to have been living in a cave to ... continue

Passion and the business case [blogging 101]

Steve Hodson has an excellent post up this weekend titled "So You Want To Be A Rich And Famous Blogger Eh." Some of the advice covers some of the things we've covered in Blogging 101, with some ... continue

Bankaholic sells for $15 million, you can buy The Inquisitr for $5 million if you like

Bankaholic, a one person blog covering the finance sector has been acquired by financial information service provider Bankrate for $15 million. The sale was said to have been completed prior to the latest crisis on Wall Street, and ... continue

A rose by any other name: naming your blog [Blogging 101]

This is part of our occasional series of posts covering the aspects of starting a blog. See Blogging 101 for the full list. In the first post of the Blogging 101 series, I mentioned that buying a domain ... continue

Greed vs the greater good: the growing trend of blogs reposting videos as their own

One of the foundations of blogging has been sharing: we share links, we share stories with credit, we may repost an image or video. To date, the system has worked well, but there's a new trend that ... continue

Lil Wayne now a sports blogger for ESPN

Rapper Lil Wayne joins Bono in entering the blogosphere this week, with a new blog at ESPN on sport. The multi-platinum award winning artist loves his sport so much, it's apparently all he watches, according to his first ... continue

Technorati numbers highlight the changing nature of blogging

There's lies, damn lies, and Technorati statistics...at least that's the line I would have traditionally run over the last 5 years covering Technorati State of the Blogosphere reports. And yet today, Technorati under Richard Jalichandra is looking ... continue

Finding ideas, getting it right [Blogging 101]

This is part of our occasional series of posts covering the aspects of starting a blog. See Blogging 101 for the full list. You you've worked out what you want to blog about, and you've set up a ... continue

Media Bloggers Association launches blogging insurance program

The often criticized Media Bloggers Association may have just found a way to redeem itself in the eyes of many by launching the first comprehensive insurance product for bloggers. The BlogInsure liability insurance is offered through Media/Professional Insurance, ... continue

Conflicts of Interest and Blogging

Is blogging facing a serious conflict of interest problem? Drama 2.0 last week wrote that "the blogosphere has to a certain extent created a new breed of conflict of interest, one that in many ways taints everything ... continue

Dealing with Dicey Content

At one time or another, most bloggers are confronted with a story that challenges us in terms of whether to run it or not. If you're a site editor, or have user generated content on your site, ... continue