The Power of Widgets

Fred Wilson blogs that he thinks the "widgets" provided by MySpace and YouTube are at least partly responsible for their huge sucess. September 2, 2006

New Republic Terminates Lee Siegel's Blog

The New Republic announced that they have suspended Lee Siegel and terminated his blog, Lee Siegel on Culture. September 2, 2006

VentureBeat Replaces Retired SiliconBeat

Matt Marshall is replacing the popular SiliconBeat blog with a new blog called VentureBeat. September 2, 2006

Kyra Phillips' Top Ten Excuses

Poor Kyra Phillips! The personable CNN anchor had the worst week of her life: on Tuesday during President Bush's speech from New Orleans, Kyra went to the ladies room and forgot to turn off her wireless microphone. September 1, 2006

Should Bloggers Update Old Posts With New Facts?

Dave Taylor, author of the The Intuitive Life Business Blog, has an interesting post about why he thinks bloggers must be historical revisionists. September 1, 2006

Angela Simmons Launching Teen Magazine

Angela Simmons, the daughter of Joseph "Rev. September 1, 2006

The 29-Year-Old Virgin Blog on Jane Magazine

Last week we mentioned Conde Nast had launched a reality tv styled blog on Glamour called See Alyssa Shelasky Date that allows you to follow Alyssa's dating life. August 31, 2006

Blogathon 2006 Awards Announced

The Blogathon 2006 awards have been announced. August 31, 2006

Bloggers Celebrate BlogDay 2006

Some bloggers are participating in BlogDay, a day where bloggers link to other bloggers from other cultures and different points of view. August 31, 2006

Dems Seek No Confidence Vote on Rumsfeld

Taking a page from British politics, Democrats are seeking to hold a no confidence vote on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. August 31, 2006

SEOmoz Offers Twenty One Traffic Building Tips

There are so many sources for blog advice and tips these days that blogger newsbies will have plenty of resources to choose from. August 31, 2006

Office Jobs Often Lead to Weight Gain

An CBS article provides some unsurprising data that shows many people gain weight from office jobs. August 31, 2006

Universal Music Group Backs Ad-based Music Store

The Financial Times reports that Universal Music Group has signed an agreement to do business with SpiralFrog, a new online music download destination that has an ad-based business model. August 31, 2006

Mark Steven Johnson Answers Ghost Rider Questions

Mark Steven Johnson, the writer-director behind the upcoming Ghost Rider movie has answered some questions from fans on the official Ghoster Rider movie blog. August 31, 2006

Authors Auction Character Names on Ebay

Authors are once again auctioning off character names on eBay to raise money for the First Amendment Project (FAP). August 31, 2006

Bloggers Cover RadioShack Email Firings

RadioShack Corp. August 30, 2006

Ahmadinejad's Blog Heads for the Technorati 100

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's blog is racing up the Technorati charts. August 30, 2006

The Return of Norman Mailer

After a 10 year absence from book publishing, Norman Mailer is back. August 30, 2006

AOL Launches Sports Blog Network

AOL is launching a network of sports blogs despite the fact that sports doesn't have any endemic advertisers. August 29, 2006

Danny Sullivan Leaving Search Engine Watch

Web search expert Danny Sullivan blogs that he is leaving Search Engine Watch. August 29, 2006

Middle Class Spending Slows

The Wall Street Journal reports that middle class spending is finally starting to slow. August 29, 2006

YouTube Subscriptions Can Bring You Power

Pastor Walter Paul wants to be the YouTube evangelist. August 29, 2006

Justice Launches a Tween Catazine

Justice recently announced the launch of a new catazine that will be delivered two 1 million tween girls. August 29, 2006

Book Targeting Gone Wild

The New York Times takes a look at Hyperion's new anti-chick lit imprint, which is aimed at women aged 35 and up. August 29, 2006

Flickr Offers Geotagging for Photos

Flickr announced that have added Geotagging to Flickr photos. August 28, 2006