Wired Looks at the Podfading Trend

A Wired article suggests that podfading is becoming more common as more podcasters either lose interest or quit over concern they don't have enough time to produce a quality podcast. February 8, 2006

Workers Have Vastly Different Reward Needs

SHRM Online reports on the findings of a study that show workers have vastly different needs when it comes to rewards and recognition. February 8, 2006

More Newspapers Print Mohammed Comics

The Mohammed Cartoon Conflict continues as parts of the Islamic world are still enraged by the comics initially printed by the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark. February 8, 2006

Reading Frey With No Novocaine

William Loizeaux of the Christian Science Monitor ponders the implications of the James Frey/Million Little Pieces debacle and how it will affect the genre itself in the future. February 8, 2006

Writers and Actors Unions Protest in Beverly Hills

The Beverly Hills Hotel was the scene of a real-live protest by 200 actors and writers. February 8, 2006

Latest Gallup Poll Has Good and Bad News for Blogs

Editor & Publisher has an article on the latest Gallup Poll with contains both good and bad news for blog lovers and blog haters. February 7, 2006

Feedster Gets an Upgrade

Feedster has announced the relaunch of its blog and feed search tool. February 7, 2006

Morgan Freeman Film to Debut on Film and Web at Same Time

The USA Today reports that Morgan Freeman's ClickStar company is working on a movie called 10 Items or Less starring Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega. February 7, 2006

Time Warner Book Group Sold

Bloomberg reports that Time Warner's book group has been sold to French company, Lagardere SCA. February 7, 2006

Blogosphere Continues to Grow

Technorati's CEO David Sifry says "The State of the Blogosphere is Strong" in his latest "State of the Blogosphere" posts. February 6, 2006

Mohammed Cartoon Fury Continues Unabated

The furor over the Dutch cartoons showing the prophet Mohammed continues unabated. February 6, 2006

Dave Barry Gives Some Financial Advice

Dave Barry talks to Newsweek about his latest book, Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar? (Crown). February 6, 2006

BlogSpot and Blogger.com Problems

BlogSpot. February 4, 2006

Over 97% of Humans are Blogless

The latest count of blogs by the Blog Herald finds 200,000,000 blogs worldwide. February 4, 2006

Two Editors Fired Over Mohammed Cartoon Row

Two editors have been fired because of the growing Mohammed cartoon row. February 4, 2006

BlogPulse Debuts BlogPulse Live

BlogPulse, a provider of blog search and blog analysis tools, has announced the launch of BlogPulse Live. February 3, 2006

The Blogosphere and the Mohammed Cartoons

Bloggers are discussing the widespread outrage in the Islamic world about cartoons that were recently republished in several European newspapers. February 3, 2006

Young Movie Watchers Prefer Web for Film Information

A Hollywood Reporter article says 90% of the coveted 13-24 age moviegoer demographic is looking for information on the Internet instead of in newspapers and magazines. February 3, 2006

Gawker Launches Valleywag to Cover Silicon Valley Gossip

Gakwer has launched Valleywag, a tech gossip blog covering San Francisco and the Silicon Valley. February 2, 2006

Mohammed Cartoons Spark Rage in Middle East

The republishing of cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed have caused outrage in some Islamic communities. February 2, 2006

New Blog Covers All Things Craft Related

Whip Up is a new multi-contributor or group blog covering handmade and craft related items and projects. February 1, 2006

Amazon Assigns Each Customer a Plog

Amazon has launched a new service called Amazon Connect that delivers posts by authors directly to customers. February 1, 2006

New Clues in Plamegate

Finally, some interesting news about what special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has been up to in Plamegate. February 1, 2006

Microsoft Modifies Blog Censorship Policies

Microsoft says it has modified its policy to allow blogs that it has shutdown at the request a local government (like China) to still be viewed by other countries. February 1, 2006

CBS to Sell Survivor Episodes From CBS Website

Reuters reports that CBS has announced plans to sell episodes of the Survivor reality show directly from the CBS website. February 1, 2006