Sploggers and Marketers Targeting Digg

The bigger the social media websites or memediggers like Digg and Reddit get the more spam and cheat tools they attract. December 4, 2006

New Law Requires Companies To Keep Better Digital Records

A new law that went into effect on December 1st requires companies to keep better track of employee emails, IMs and digital files. December 4, 2006

CNBC Ends MSNBC Content Deal, Relaunches Website

CNBC has ended its content deal with MSNBC. December 4, 2006

Tori Spelling to Pen Memoir

Tori Spelling has announced that she will write a candid memoir, in which she will discuss her life, her father Aaron Spelling and her famous fued with her mother, Candy. December 4, 2006

At The Office, the Actors Are Writers

One reason the hit comedy The Office is so popular may be in its unusual approach to the writing on the show: the actors and the writers are the same people. December 4, 2006

How To Buy Fake MySpace Friends and Influence People

Wired's Monkey Bites blog explains how you can buy "hottie" MySpace friends for $. December 3, 2006

Big Brother UK Moves Auditions Online

The UK's Channel 4 is moving the auditions for Big Brother UK online to its e4. December 3, 2006

Blogging is a Social Activity in Asia

Digital Media Asia reports on a new study that finds blogging is a social phenomenon in Asia. December 2, 2006

Current TV Possibly Exiting Yahoo

Current TV, a cable channel founded by Al Gore, appears to be ending its content distribution deal with Yahoo Video. December 2, 2006

NaNoWriMo Final Word Count: 982,495,939 Words

The New York Times reports that the busy NaNoWriMo authors wrote a total of 982,495,939 words in November. December 2, 2006

Shawn Fanning Launches Social Network for Gamers

Heather Green at Blogspotting reports that Napster creator Shawn Fanning is going to launch a virtual social nework for gamers called Rupture. December 1, 2006

Will Social Media Destroy Western Civilization?

The title of this post sounds like a strange question to ask but Andy Rutledge has a post about how social media can be boring, mediocre and possibly even civilization ending. December 1, 2006

John Twelve Hawks Still Off the Grid

Author John Twelve Hawks is still living off the grid. He has finished the next book in his series that started with The Traveler. December 1, 2006

Paparazzi Agencies Team Up to Sue Perez Hilton

TMZ. November 30, 2006

Huffington Post Hiring Reporters

The Huffington Post has hired Melinda Henneberger, a former Newsweek reporter, and plans to hire additional journalists according to a New York Times article. November 30, 2006

CNET and TechCrunch in Cross-Snipe

A snarky post on CNET by CNET's Caroline McCarthy said that TechCrunch needs a copy editor because a Crunchnotes post misspelled BitTorrent in the headline. November 29, 2006

Bill Frist's Political Career is Over

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R - Tennessee) has confirmed that he will not be making a run for the White House in 2008. November 29, 2006

Pulitzer Now Allows Blog Submissions

New guidelines for the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes allow the submission of a blogs. November 28, 2006

Dollar Falls to 15 Year Low

The U. November 28, 2006

Monitoring High Priority Feeds for Breaking News

Marshall Kirkpatrick, who is leaving TechCrunch on good terms, is blogging about ZapTxt, a tool that makes it easier to monitor feeds using specific keywords. November 28, 2006

Outsourced Careers Now Includes Journalism

Outsourcing continues to expand to new industries as more companies look for ways to offshore jobs to other countries where hiring workers is considerably cheaper. November 28, 2006

Cage Family and Chopra Family Team Up For Comic Books

The Cage family and the Chopra are working on comic books together for Virgin Comics. November 28, 2006

MGM Holds Out Hope to Hobbit Fans

Fan reaction to the news that New Line dumped Peter Jackson from the film version of The Hobbit has been overwhelmingly angry. November 28, 2006

WGA Refuses Early Negotiations

The WGA has got studios worried over a possible writers' strike next year. November 28, 2006

LiveJournal Blogging Group Despises Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray gets frequent mentions in the blogosphere -- she receives about 50 too 100 mentions a day according to a Technorati chart. November 27, 2006