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Shiny Media Gets $4.5 Million in Funding

Bright Station Ventures has invested $4. January 29, 2007

Huffington Post Debuts HuffIt Memedigger

The Huffington Post has added a memedigger feature to its website called HuffIt. January 28, 2007

Singers Mia Rose, Ashley Tisdale, Terra Naomi Build YouTube Audience

Singer Mia Rose has generated quite a bit of attention to her YouTube channel and videos. January 28, 2007

Blog Streaking, Google-stalking and Photolurking

A New Scientist article looks at new activities and habits of people in the Internet age like egosurfing, Google-stalking and being a Wikipediholic. January 27, 2007

Journalist Daryn Kagan Now Covering Upbeat News Stories

Daryn Kagan, a former CNN news anchor, now has her own website at darynkagan. January 27, 2007

Bush Poll Numbers At All-Time Low

After his lackluster performance during the State of the Union address, President Bush is now hit an all-time low in the polls. January 27, 2007

YouTube to Share Ad Revenues With YouTubers

YouTube is planning to share in ad revenues with Youtubers. January 27, 2007

Oprah's New Book Pick: The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier

Oprah Winfrey's first book pick of 2007 is The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFrancisco). January 27, 2007

Victoria Beckham is Blogging

Posh (Victoria Beckham) has been blogging from the Beckham Brand Limited website at dvbstyle. January 26, 2007

George Bush No Longer a Miserable Failure?

There are some blog headlines today that say President George Bush is no longer a miserable failure. January 26, 2007

2007 Bloggies Open for Voting

The 2007 Bloggies are now open for voting. January 26, 2007

Hillary Clinton Starts a Conversation

Senator Hillary Clinton entered the 2008 presidential race this past weekend with a video posted on her website titled, "I'm In". January 25, 2007

Three Blog and RSS Directories Sold

The Blog Herald reports that three blog and rss directories have been sold recently by the Bloggy Network. January 25, 2007

Fox Seeks Identity of YouTuber

Google Watch and Hollywood Reporter are reporting that Fox is seeking the identity of a YouTuber who uploaded episodes of Fox's hit shows 24 and The Simpsons. January 25, 2007

Teachers Can See Freedom Writers For Free

AMC Theaters and Paramount Pictures are giving schoolteachers the chance to see the film Freedom Writers starring Hilary Swank for free. January 25, 2007

New Blog Hosting Service: ShoutPost

A new free blog hosting service has debuted called ShoutPost. January 24, 2007

Wikipedia Doghouse for Microsoft

Microsoft has tried to buy its way around Wikipedia (or should we say Nofollowpedia). January 24, 2007

Lifetime Gets Rights to The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Lifetime has purchased the rights to the Kim Edwards' bestselling novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter. January 24, 2007

AAP President Says Writers' Rights Under Fire

Publisher's Weekly reports on the speech given by Pat Schroeder, the President of the Association of American Publishers, at the Publishers Advertising and Marketing Association lunch. January 24, 2007

Gravatar to Return Next Month

Gravatar is a service that allows little avatars (called gravatars) to appear next to people's comments left on blogs. January 23, 2007

ICANN Launches a Blog

ICANN has launched a new blog at blog. January 23, 2007

Ten Diminishing Careers Include Cashiers and Book Binders

Advancement in technologies combined with the offshoring (or outsourcing) of jobs to cheap overseas labor is pushing some careers towards extinction. January 23, 2007

Oprah Promises New Book Pick

Oprah Winfrey has said that she will announce a new Oprah's Book Club pick this Friday, January 26th. January 23, 2007

Academy Award Screenplay Nominations

The Academy Award nominations for the Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay have been announced. January 23, 2007

IBM to Launch Corporate Social Networking Software

BusinessWeek reports that IBM is launching corporate social networking software called Lotus Connections. January 22, 2007