Chicago Tribune Adds Blogs Covering Politics and Sports

The Chicago Tribune continues to launch blogs. January 11, 2006

Technorati Adds Icons to Indicate High and Low Inbound Links

Technorati has added new icons to Technorati's search results to indicate blogs that have zero inbound links and blogs that rank in the Technorati 100. January 10, 2006

Borrowing Money From China: The Blowback Begins

This morning brings some bad news for the U. January 10, 2006

Gadget Bloggers Cover CES 2006

Blogging CES has been mandatory for all serious gadget blogs over the past few days. January 10, 2006

Google Factor Influencing Executive Tech Hiring

An EcommerceTimes. January 10, 2006

Site Accuses James Frey of Conning Oprah

People magazine reports that bestselling author James Frey is being accused of making up many of the incidents in his drug- and alcohol-abuse memoir A Million Little Pieces. January 10, 2006

J.K. Rowling's New Year's Resolutions

J. January 10, 2006

Times Running Out to Submit Nominations for 2006 Bloggies

The nomination period for the 2006 Bloggies ends at 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5) on Tuesday, January 10, 2005. January 9, 2006

Star Jones Starts Blogging

Star Jones, one of the hosts of the View, has started a blog called Shine on AOL's Journals. January 9, 2006

Tales of the Young Jack Abramoff

The new issue of Time magazine leads with a story about how Jack Abramoff came to power, defrauded just about everyone he came into contact with then turned them all over to the feds when he got caught. January 9, 2006

Trolling Now a Federal Crime

A vague new law could mean criminal penalties for annoying people anonymously on the Internet. January 9, 2006

SLG Publishing Creates Comics in Disney Deal

SLG Publishing recently announced a partnership with Disney Publishing Worldwide to publish four new Disney-inspired comic book series: Haunted Mansion, TRON, Wonderland and Gargoyles. January 9, 2006

Tony Kushner Talks About Munich

First-time screenwriter Tony Kushner discusses writing the Steven Spielberg-directed film Munich. January 9, 2006

Microsoft Defends Blocking Zhao Jing's Blog

Microsoft has blocked the blog of Zhao Jing (also known as Michael Anti), a Chinese journalist and blogger who has spoken out against censorship in China. January 8, 2006

Blogging is Already a Profession for Many

Journalist Dan Brown has written an article for the London Free Press called "Will blogging become a profession in 2006?" Brown says, "While there's no doubt blogging is a widespread activity, for the vast majority of people it's not a paying proposition. January 7, 2006

Media Spotlight for Ana Marie Cox After Wonkette Exit

Ana Marie Cox is getting a great deal of coverage from the mainstream media and the blogosphere after deciding to step down from Wonkette and work on her career as a novelist. January 7, 2006

Two Blogs at Newsday

Newsday has added a couple new blogs. January 6, 2006

Bremer: The Iraqi Insurgency Was a Surprise to Us

Paul Bremer reveals that the Iraqi insurgency was a total surprise to him and the Bush administration. January 6, 2006

Ghost Blogging: Revenue Opportunity for Bloggers

An articleby Steven Warren for IT Management talks about ghost bloggers. January 6, 2006

Inside Line: People Blog Because Cave Paintings are Obsolete

Edmunds. January 5, 2006

Colbert Low Blogs for Multiple Blog Networks

Colbert Low shows how bloggers can make money by blogging for multiple blog networks. January 5, 2006

The San Francisco Chronicle Press Debuts With Two Books

The San Francisco Chronicle Press, a new division of The San Francisco Chronicle, recently debuted its inaugural books, according to Narda Zacchino, Editor of The San Francisco Chronicle Press and deputy editor of The Chronicle. January 5, 2006

BookScan's List of the Bestselling Books of 2005

The Book Standard compiles a list of the bestselling books of 2005. January 5, 2006

Fake Narnia Release Fools Major Media Outlets

Numerous news outlets were duped into running a joke story about how the fantasy land of Narnia had stalked out of last week's World Trade Organization talks. January 5, 2006

U.S. Military Clamps Down on Soldiers' Blogs

The U.S. military has opted to maintain tighter control over milblogs according to a Newsday story. January 4, 2006