Yahoo Launches Blog for Yahoo Publisher Network

Yahoo has launched a new blog for the Yahoo Publisher Network. April 10, 2006

BBC Launches Blog Network

The BBC has launched its blog network. April 9, 2006

The Lesson of the Star Wars Kid

Ghyslain Raza, also known as the Star Wars Kid, has settled with the families of three students involved in the creation and uploading of the video of Raza in a mock battle with a lightsaber. April 9, 2006

Xanadu Now an Off-Broadway Play

A report in Playbill says Xanadu is being made into an Off-Broadway musical play. April 9, 2006

Blogging Pizza by the Slice

Pizza Marketing News has an article about food blogs, specifically pizza blogs. April 7, 2006

Scooter Libby Names President Bush as the Leaker in Chief

The Plamegate investigation took an interesting turn this week when special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald filed court papers which revealed that Scooter Libby named President Bush as the Leaker-in-Chief. April 7, 2006

Snubster Lets You Put People and Services On Notice

Snubster is a twist on social networks and the site's design with the frowny face is a spoof of Friendster. April 7, 2006

Sunrise Senior Living Launches Sunrise Magazine

Sunrise Senior Living has launched Sunrise magazine. April 7, 2006

Dan Brown Wins Lawsuit

Dan Brown has been vindicated: he and Random House won the copyright lawsuit filed against them by disgruntled authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh over The Da Vinci Code. April 7, 2006

The Washington Post Wades Back Into the Blogosphere

In the wake of the Washington Post blogging debacle, the newspaper is now starting over in the blogosphere: the paper is now actively looking to hire one conservative blogger and one liberal blogger to create a kind of "Point-Counterpoint" of Blogging. April 7, 2006

Forrester: Podcast Usage Just 1% But Growth Expected

Charlene Li at Forrester Research blogs about their new report that shows only 1% of North American online households regularly listen to podcasts. April 6, 2006

Sony to Offer Video Blogging With Next PlayStation Console

Stuff magazine reports that Sony will offer video blogging and profiles as part of the next generation of its PlayStation video game console -- the PS3. April 6, 2006

J.K. Rowling Takes Anorexic CelebritiesTo Task

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AP Tells Raw Story They Do Credit Blogs

The Associated Press (AP) wrote a letter to the Raw Story arguing that a plagiarism claim made by the Raw Story was false. April 5, 2006

2005 Koufax Award Winners Announced

Wampum has posted the winners of the 2005 Koufax Awards. April 5, 2006

YouTube Gets More Money and More Competition

Blogspotting reports that YouTube has raised $8 million from Sequoia Capital. April 5, 2006

How Much Do Grades Matter for Job Seekers?

The answer to the question of how much grades matter to job seekers is the typical: it depends. April 5, 2006

Beebo Reflects Upon Ancient Blog A-list

Beebo has a reflective post that includes a list of the the most popular links posted by weblogs from September, 2000 (Metalog rankings). April 4, 2006

Blogs and Social Networks Drive Web Traffic

The Washington Post reports on a new study from ComScore Media Metrix that showed major traffic gains for blogging and social networking sites like Blogger. April 4, 2006

Microsoft's JobsBlog Generates Job Leads and Hires

A post on Microsoft's JobsBlog says that in 2005 nearly 3,000 resumes were submitted because of Microsoft's JobsBlog and of these at least 37 hires were linked directly to submissions from the JobsBlog. April 4, 2006

Eponym Launches a Blog Hosting Tool in 2006

ponym must believe that 2006 is not too late to launch a blog hosting tool. April 3, 2006

Julie Powell Wins Blooker Prize

Julie Powell has won the first annual Blooker Prize for her book, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, One Tiny Apartment Kitchen, which is based on her blog called The Julie/Julia Project. April 3, 2006

New York Times Gets Blog-like Redesign

The New York Times has redesigned their homepage and website. April 3, 2006

So You Want to be a Firefighter?

A lot of kids dream of becoming firefighters and some continue that dream into adulthood and actually become firefighters. April 3, 2006

Bai Ling Becomes an Author

Actress and reality TV star Bai Ling has announced that she is now going to be an author. April 3, 2006