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A Journalist Who Doesn't Care About Reader Feedback

Not all journalists are embracing the idea of interactivity. January 14, 2007

My Box in a Box Video Stardom

The My Box in a Box video is viraling across the Internet. January 13, 2007

Samuel L. Jackson Say Blogosphere Again T-shirts

A t-shirt being sold at CoolestShop. January 11, 2007

Simpy Wants Some Raw Sugar

Recently the impending demise of the social bookmarking site called RawSugar was reported on several blogs including TechCrunch and Mashable. January 11, 2007

Lost MySpace Passwords Not a Concern For Some Teens

Danah Boyd has an interesting post about how teenagers treat their social networking profiles and passwords. January 11, 2007

Bloggers Tasered at CES

Gawker and Eat the Press are reporting that Amanda Congdon subjected herself to some intentional tasering at the CES show. January 11, 2007

Steve Case to Launch Health Destination

TechWeb reports that AOL founder Steve Case plans to launch an online health destination called Revolution Health. January 11, 2007

Borat Gets Writer's Guild Nomination

In a bit of a surprise, the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has been nominated for a Writer's Guild Award. January 11, 2007

Latest Cheesy Web Money Making Scheme: OnTheMapUS

There's always a new money making idea. January 10, 2007

Photobucket CEO Says MySpace Still Growing

Photobucket Co-founder and CEO Alex Welch told CNNMoney. January 10, 2007

Wikipedia's War on Blogs Continues as Matt Cutts' Page is Targeted for Deletion

We first mentioned Wikipedia's war on blogs before in a post on December 7th when Tony Pierce's Wikipedia page was up for deletion. January 9, 2007

Hearst Magazines Buys eCrush.com

Hearst Magazines' online unit has spent an unknown amount of money acquiring an online dating and social networking community called eCrush. January 9, 2007

Yahoo Buys MyBlogLog For Real This Time

A couple months ago there was a rumor that Yahoo had purchased MyBlogLog for about $10 million. January 8, 2007

A Newspaper With Friends

The Guardian's Greenslade blog reports that the Scottish Fefe Herald has launched a MySpace page to get tips from young readers. January 8, 2007

Time Redesign Includes New Blog Covering Top Stories

Time. January 8, 2007

Google Uses Algorithm to Find Talented Employees

The New York Times is reporting that Google uses a computer algorithm to find quality employees. January 8, 2007

Pace Communications to Publish Southwest's Spirit Magazine

Southwest Airlines' magazine called Spirit switched in January to a new contract with costom magazine publisher Pace Communications. January 8, 2007

Valerie Plame Book Deal in Jeopardy

Michael Isikoff of Newsweek reports that outed CIA spy Valerie Plame has hit a snag in her proposed book deal. January 8, 2007

P.D. James Proud of Film Version of Children of Men

Author P.D. James is reportedly pleased with the film adaptation of his novel, Children of Men. The film stars actor Clive Owen. January 8, 2007

Richard Powers Abandons His Keyboard

National Book Award-winning novelist Richard Powers claims that he has barely touched a keyboard in years, except under duress. January 8, 2007

PerezHilton.com Loses One Advertiser But Gains Several More

Racy content and lawsuits (see here) so far aren't holding back advertisers from placing ads on the PerezHilton. January 7, 2007

Denver Post's Jim Spencer Needs Your Help

Denver Post columnist Jim Spencer needs help with blog ideas for his new blog including link suggestions. January 7, 2007

Should Digg Fear Pligg?

A post on Cornwall SEO asks if open source software products like the Pligg CMS could lead to the downfall of Digg. January 6, 2007

Wallstrip Raises Over Half a Million

Wallstrip, a witty video blog covering the stock market, has raised over half a million in funding according to GigaOm. January 6, 2007

The New Diet Books are Here

As is typical for the start of the year new diet books are in bookstores to help people kick off those New Year's resolutions. January 6, 2007