Peter Frank Named Editor-in-Chief of Concierge.com

CondeNet has named Peter Frank, former Deputy Editor of Men's Journal, to be Editor-in-Chief of travel site Concierge. November 15, 2005

Ashcroft Hires Democrat to Shop a Book Deal

The New York Times reports that the extremely conservative former attorney general John Ashcroft is shopping a book proposal. November 15, 2005

Stories of Strength Benefits Katrina Survivors

One issue facing charities right now is the issue of donor fatigue. November 15, 2005

Writers' Guild Says Product Placements Are Out of Control

Have you noticed that your favorite TV stars are now drinking actual Coke and Pepsi on set? That they might order a name-brand pizza or talk about the amazing performance of their new Jeep? There's a reason for that: product placements. November 15, 2005

Al Bawaba Launches Arabic/English Language Blogging Service

Al Bawaba has launced a new blogging service on Albawaba. November 14, 2005

Elisha Cuthbert Blogs for the NHL

The NHL is trying to lure hockey fans to NHL. November 14, 2005

Colb-Blog: The Colbert Nation Blog

There is blog for the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert's new show on Comedy Central. November 14, 2005

Stuart Snyder Named General Manager of GameTap

Dennis Quinn, executive vice president of business development for TBS, Inc. November 14, 2005

Google Takes on the Libraries

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has now decided to go into competition with libraries. November 14, 2005

The Biology of Belief

David Ian Miller of The San Francisco Chronicle talks to Bruce Lipton, cell biologist and author of The Biology of Belief, who says that our genes don't control our lives, but rather that our beliefs, not our DNA, that control our biology. November 14, 2005

Friendster Becomes Annoyster With Spammy Email Campaign

Friendster, which has been losing ground to its competitors MySpace and Facebook, recently tried a marketing campaign that was not well received. November 13, 2005

Legacy Blogging: Preserving Life's Treasures

The Third Age blog has a great post about legacy blogging. November 13, 2005

4 Million Students Use Facebook

TechCrunch reports that Facebook. November 12, 2005

Blog Network Pros and Cons for Bloggers

There are lots of bloggers looking into the possibility of joining blog networks these days so here are a few pros and cons about joinging blog networks for bloggers to consider. November 12, 2005

New Blog Offers Commercial Blogging Advice

Search Engine Guide has an article about the launch of a new blog called Performancing, which offers advice about commercial blogging -- with tips on subjects like boosting blog traffic and making money from blogging. November 12, 2005

DreamWorks to Release Madagascar 2 in 2008

DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that the studio will produce a sequel to the computer-animated comedy Madagascar, which has passed the $500-million mark at the worldwide box office. November 12, 2005

Garrison Keillor and the Infuriated Critics

When radio host Garrison Keillor published a poetry anthology called Good Poems in 2002, some critics went wild -- with derision. November 12, 2005

15,000 Workers Blogging at IBM

CNN has another story on corporate blogging at IBM. November 11, 2005

Consumers, Users or Slaves?

What is the correct term for all the citizen created content? Is it user generated content (UGC), citizen journalism, consumer generated content or something else? Robert Scoble doesn't like the term "user generated content" -- to him this sounds like "slave generated content. November 11, 2005

WebProBlog Launches With Email Newsletter Advice

WebProBlog is a new blog from iEntry, Inc. November 11, 2005

Future IT Jobs May Require More Than Tech Skills

A Silicon. November 11, 2005

New Phrases Added to the Style Lexicon

In her new Talk column, Amanda Hesser decrees that three new words/phrases must be added to the Style Lexicon. November 11, 2005

Judy Miller Leaves The New York Times

Reporter Judith Miller has agreed to leave The New York Times, according to an article in the paper. November 11, 2005

What Does Electronic Paper Mean For Blogs?

A company named E-ink has been working on a technology for several years that prints electronic ink onto a sheet of plastic film which is laminated to a layer of circuitry. November 10, 2005

Blog About Broccoli and Post Photos of Peppers

The image on the right is part of a banner ad Tripod has been displaying on Wired luring people to come to Tripod and blog about broccoli and post pepper pics using Tripod's blogging tools. November 10, 2005