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Supreme Court Stops Government From Blocking Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law

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