EatonWeb Portal Relaunches as BlogFlux.com

The Eatonweb Portal, which at one time was a popular blog directory, has been relaunched as BlogFlux. August 12, 2005

Wasting Time at the Office

Are you wasting valuable company time by surfing the web and chatting with co-workers? Probably. August 12, 2005

Transformers Movie Website Launches

The Transformers movie will open nationwide on 07-04-07. August 12, 2005

Six Apart Co-founder Mena Trott Sees Blogs Going Mainstream

CNN has an interview with Six Apart president and co-founder Mena Trott. August 11, 2005

How Steve Rubel Blogs

Steve Rubel runs a popular blog called Micropersuasion. August 11, 2005

Jack Abramoff Gets Indicted

The Associated Press reports that lobbyist Jack Abramoff, an associate and close friend of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, has been indicted today by a federal grand jury on fraud charges. August 11, 2005

Donald Trump Starts Blogging

Donald Trump has started a blog, called The Trump Blog, which provides business and marketing advice. August 11, 2005

VU Games Acquires Swordfish Studios

Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) has announced the acquisition of independent game developer Swordfish Studios. August 11, 2005

Oscar Wilde's 150th Birthday Bash

USA Today reports on a interesting-sounding DVD which will was just released called Happy Birthday, Oscar Wilde (Kultur). August 11, 2005

The Dark Side of Blogs

David Sifry, the founder and CEO of Technorati, has a post about the dark side of the blogosphere in his series about the State of the Blogosphere. August 10, 2005

Kerouac's On The Road Finally Coming to the Big Screen?

Empire Online reports that Francis Ford Coppola, who purchased the film rights to Jack Kerouac's On The Road novel nearly forty years ago is finally closer to adapting the popular book into a movie. August 10, 2005

Fitzgerald Gets a New Boss

Michael Isikoff of Newsweek points out how a personnel changes at the Justice Department that could affect the investigation of the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name. August 9, 2005

Geoffrey Precourt Named Editor-in-Chief of Business Empowered

BearingPoint, Inc. August 9, 2005

Pamela Anderson is Star Struck

From Baywatch Babe to New York Times bestselling author: the life of Pamela Anderson has been anything but dull. August 9, 2005

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Wins Hugo Award

Susanna Clarke has won the Hugo Award for her novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. August 9, 2005

Robert G. Friedman Steps Down From Paramount Position

Robert G. August 8, 2005

Quills Award Lets Readers Decide

Reed Business Information, the publisher of Variety, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly, and NBC television, has founded a new book award: the Quills Awards. August 8, 2005

Naked Conversation: Blogging the Book

Shel Israel and Robert Scoble are blogging a book about blogs and corporate communications called the Naked Conversation. August 8, 2005

Hunter S. Thompson Family Speaks Out

Hunter S. August 8, 2005

Study: Just 2% Read Blogs Regularly

A Forrester Research survey of 68,664 households found that a mere 2% read blogs once a week or more. August 7, 2005

Marlon Brando Novel Published

Oscar-winning actor Marlon Brando will now become a published author after his death. August 7, 2005

California Auto Club Fires 27 Workers Over Blogs

The Associated Press reports that the Automobile Club of Southern California has fired 27 workers for blogs they kept on MySpace. August 6, 2005

PR Response Time Must Improve to Keep Up With Blogosphere

David Berlind has a good article-sized blog entry on his Between the Lines blog on ZDNet where he talks about writers (bloggers and blogging journalists) taking more risks as the frequency of their writing increases. August 6, 2005

Publishing Group of America to Launch Relish Magazine

Publishing Group of America, the Franklin, TN-based magazine publisher of American Profile, has announced that it will launch a monthly food magazine in February 2006. August 5, 2005

The Quill Awards Announce Nominees

Reed Business Information (RBI) and the NBC Universal Television Stations have named the five nominees in each of 19 categories for the first Quill Awards, a new national book award that allows consumers in the voting process. August 5, 2005