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The Godcasting Craze

There are thousands of godcasts, also known as religious or spiritual podcasts. October 6, 2005

Will Karl Rove Be Indicted?

The beltway is all atwitter today over the possiblity that Karl Rove may be headed for an indictment. October 6, 2005

AOL to Acquire Weblogs, Inc.

Reuters has a news story about AOL's plans to buy Weblogs, Inc. October 6, 2005

New Words Added to the Dictionary Include SARS

It's an exciting day for writers: the new edition of Merriam-Webster's dictionary is out. October 6, 2005

WebbyMedia Blog Network Short Lived

The new blog network from WebbyMedia has closed without launching a single blog. October 5, 2005

Aggregator Consolidation: NewsGator Acquires NetNewsWire

NewsGator has acquired NetNewsWire, an RSS reader for Mac OS X. October 5, 2005

A Spy in the White House

Ok, this can't be good. October 5, 2005

Miers' Aide Says She's Extremely Anti-Choice

Well, that didn't take long. October 4, 2005

Blinx Offers Video Upload Services

SearchEngineJournal reports that Blinx. October 4, 2005

The Work Blind Curtain for Cubicles

A blogger going by the name of tongodeon, has come up with an inventive way to make it appear to his employers that he is actually busy working even if he is not. October 4, 2005

Paul Levine and Solomon vs. Lord

It's been seven years since Florida attorney and novelist Paul Levine hit the bestseller lists with his Supreme Court thriller 9 Scorpions. October 4, 2005

J.K. Rowling Gives Tips for Young Writers

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Harriet Miers Gets Her Chance

President Bush got this week's news cycle started by nominating Harriet Meirs, his personal counsel, to be the next Supreme Court justice. October 3, 2005

Blogs Can Both Help and Hurt Kids

On the plus side, blogs are beneficial as a learning tool. October 3, 2005

Advice For the Lovelorn

Greg Behrendt gave some straight from the shoulder advice with his first book, He's Just Not That Into You. October 3, 2005

L.A. Times Names Charles McNulty Theater Critic

The Los Angeles Times has named Charles McNulty as theater critic, it was announced by John Montorio, deputy managing editor for features. October 3, 2005

Judith Miller Lands Book Deal

Apparently doing time can be good for a journalist's pocketbook. October 3, 2005

Yahoo Wants in on the Digital Library

Not to be outdone by rival Google's plan to digitize every book every published without the permission of the authors or the publishers, Yahoo wants in on the action. October 3, 2005

Is There Money in Podcasting?

A recent Wired article looks at the possibility of earning money through podcasting. October 2, 2005

The Million Dollar Homepage Blog

The Million Dollar Homepage is a money making project run by Alex Tew as a way to pay for college. October 1, 2005

TBS to Launch GameTap Entertainment

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. September 30, 2005

Akami Launches Net Usage Index for News

Akamai Technologies has launched the Akamai Net Usage Index for News, a daily Web traffic report with information on aggregate total visitors per minute to news portal sites and from where in the world news is being consumed. September 30, 2005

Technorati Alters Inbound Link Calculations

Technorati has changed the way it ranks inbound links from blogs. September 30, 2005

Oodles of Blog Networks

Several blog networks have launched over the past few weeks and there are many others, like Federated Media Publishing, are in the early planning stages. September 30, 2005

Trent Lott Finds His Refrigerator

Here is a fascinating bit of news about Senator Trent Lott's demolished home from Hurricane Katrina. September 30, 2005