The Unplanned Afterlife of Blogs

What happens to your blog when you die? If it is on a free service it could sit there for a very long time. October 30, 2005

Blog Ranking Tools Favor Recent Inbound Links

The newer ranking tools like BlogPulse. October 30, 2005

FBI: Blogging Can Be Dangerous

An article in the Clarion Ledger discusses a recent murder case where the victim, a 21-year-old University of Mississippi student named Suzana Best, may have been discovered through her blog. October 30, 2005

Seesaa Blog Passes Boing Boing on Technorati 100

Boing Boing has fallen from its longtime lead as the most popular blog on the Technorati 100. October 29, 2005

Amazon Sales of Scooter Libby Novel Soar After Indictment

OK, you now know that Irve Lewis October 29, 2005

Village Voice Media and New Times Media to Merge

Village Voice Media and New Times Media, the nation's leading alternative media companies, have announced a definitive agreement to merge. October 28, 2005

Cracked Launches the New Cracked.com

Cracked Entertainment, Inc. October 28, 2005

NetWorld Alliance Launches Fast Casual Magazine

NetWorld Alliance has announced the launch of Fast Casual magazine and the relaunch of fastcasual. October 28, 2005

Are Fortune 1000 CEOs Too Busy to Blog?

Joe Queenan explains why CEOs should not blog in an article in Chief Executive magazine. October 28, 2005

Scooter Libby is Indicted: Karl Rove is Not

Things are heating up in Plamegate. October 28, 2005

Some Baby Boomers Are Starting Second Careers

MassLive. October 28, 2005

Jane Hirt Named Editor of RedEye

Chicago Tribune has named Joe Knowles associate managing editor/design and graphics, effective October 7. October 28, 2005

Flickr Gets Print Friendly

Flickr has added a new service that lets photobloggers print the photos they have posted to Flickr. October 27, 2005

Goodbye to Harriet Miers

Harriet Miers has withdrawn from her nomination to be the next Supreme Court Justice. October 27, 2005

HarperCollins Launches Hispanic Imprint Called Rayo

HarperCollins Publishers has launched Rayo, a new imprint that will market HarperCollins' romance, thriller and mystery mass market novels to the America's Hispanic market. October 27, 2005

Eric Roth to Write Shantaram Script

Oscar-winning writer Eric Roth has been chosen to adapt the Gregory David Roberts novel Shantaram for the upcoming Warner Bros. October 27, 2005

High School Banned Blogs for Safety Reasons

An Associated Press story has more details about the Roman Catholic high school that has banned blogging both from school and from the student's homes. October 26, 2005

Blogs Cover Possible Plamegate Indictments

Will there be indictments in the Plamegate inquiry? There are thousands of blogs regularly posting about this developing story. October 26, 2005

16 Careers That Don't Require a 4 Year Degree

The Career Journal has an article about 16 careers that do not require a college degree. October 26, 2005

Playlogic Acquires Captain Blood

Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. October 26, 2005

Agatha Christie Inspires Video Game

The Adventure Company today released 75 Facts About the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie to celebrate the upcoming release of the first-ever video game based on the works of Dame Agatha. October 26, 2005

The Wyrd Sisters Sue to Stop Harry Potter Release in Canada

Just when we thought were were through reading about more copyright infringement lawsuits, we discovered this Canadian shocker. October 26, 2005

Time to Vote for the 2005 BOBs

Voting is now open for the Deutsche Welle's 2005 Best of the Blogs awards. October 25, 2005

Wired: Some Companies Banning Blogs

Wired reports that some companies are starting to ban blogs using security filters or censoring software. October 25, 2005

New York Times Chastises Judith Miller

Judith Miller is in hot water with her own newspaper. October 25, 2005