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The U. January 17, 2006
Post Blogospheric Fiction
Sfsite. January 17, 2006
Harlequin Launches Ebook Program
Harlequin, a publisher of romance and women's fiction, recently announced distribution agreements with three electronic content providers. January 17, 2006
Larry McMurtry Wins Golden Globe for Brokeback Mountain, Thanks Typewriter
Larry McMurty and Dianna Osanna won the Golden Globe for Best Screeplay. January 17, 2006
Blogs Help Stormhoek Double Wine Sales in 12 Months
Decanter reports that Stormhoek, a South African wine producer, doubled its wine sales in twelve months by reaching out to the blogosphere. January 16, 2006
The Blog Herald Sells for Over $60K
The Blog Herald is reporting being sold. January 16, 2006
Ralph Reed Feels the Heat
The Washington Post examines the political future of former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed who is running for lieutenant governor of Georgia. January 16, 2006
Is Blogging Cooler Than Writing?
Simon Dumenco, who writes the Media Guy column for AdAge, offers a new opinion piece called "A Blogger is Just a Writer With a Cooler Name. January 16, 2006
Careers and Twenty-somethings
Telegraph. January 16, 2006
Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg Perform Narnia Rap on SNL
SNL's f Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg perform a new rap song called Lazy Sunday: Chronicles of Narnia Rap January 16, 2006
Universities Hiring Student Bloggers to Describe Life on Campus
A Chicago Tribune article says some universities have college students blogging about life at the school. January 15, 2006
Toshiba to Show Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers
The Asahi Shimbun reports that Toshiba has created software that will let mobile shoppers check blog reviews of electronics, food, books, CDs, DVDs, cosmetics and other products. January 15, 2006
Search Engine Shows Bloggers' Opinions
Opinmind is a new blog search engine that shows bloggers' opinions. January 14, 2006
Delaware Chief Justice Suggests Plaintiffs Just Blog Back
In a recent case where an individual sued over comments posted by an anonymous blogger and tried to force the ISP to reveal the blogger's identity the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court had an interesting comment: "plaintiffs harmed by a blog have an instant remedy available: blogging themselves. January 14, 2006
PBS Launching Media and Technology Blog
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is launching a new blog called MediaShift on January 18th. January 14, 2006
Everyday Hogwash Seeks Blogged Customer Gripes
Everyday Hogwash is a contest presented by Sun Rocket that seeks humorous rants about people's bad experiences with companies. January 13, 2006
Alito and Roe: the Road Ahead
As the Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings come to a close, it appears that the Democrats do not have enough votes to filibuster Alito. January 13, 2006
Open the Window Plans Media Diet
David Panarelli, creator of the blog OpenTheWindow. January 13, 2006
USNews Lists Best and Worst Careers for 2006
The USNews. January 13, 2006
Whistle While You Work?
An L. January 12, 2006
U.S. Army Offers Content to Blogs Through PR Firm
A post on William M. January 12, 2006
CNN Launches CNN Pipeline
CNN has launched CNN Pipeline, a new service that lets web users watch up to four live news feeds at once, changing feeds at any time with a single mouse click. January 12, 2006
Tag Cloud Forecast: Partly Greedy
1000Tags. January 11, 2006
The Long Tail of Struggling Artists
VentureBlog has an interesting article about how aggregators and filterers will be the two technologies that benefit economically from the Long Tail. January 11, 2006
The Alito Hearings: Day Two
Day Two of the Alito confirmation hearings was a little more exciting than Day One. January 11, 2006

