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writer's blog home > blog archives page 268Vibe and Stan Lee's Pow to Create Urban Superhero
Vibe Magazine and Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment have announce an exclusive partnership to create an urban superhero. July 3, 2005
PennWell Names Philip LoPiccolo Editor-in-Chief of Solid State
PennWell Corporation has named veteran business/technology chief editor Philip LoPiccolo to the position of Editor-in-Chief of Solid State Technology magazine effective June 16. July 2, 2005
BackBoneMedia Releases Corporate Blogging Case Study
Backbonemedia has published the results from an interesting survey and study of bloggers at hundreds of companies. July 1, 2005
Friendster Names Taek Kwon CEO
Friendster, a social networking service, has appointed Taek Kwon as chief executive officer. July 1, 2005
The Science of Middle Earth
Lord of the Rings is often discussed as a perfect fantasy series with magic, fantastic settings and interesting creatures like elves, dragons, hobbits, dwarves and orcs. July 1, 2005
RocketBoom Vlog Receives 25,000 Downloads Per Day
RocketBoom, a short video blog newscast produced each weekday, continues to generate buzz. June 30, 2005
Ziff Davis Names Jim McCabe VP and Publisher of PC Magazine
Ziff Davis Media Inc. June 30, 2005
New Sappho Poem Discovered
The Guardian reports that a poem written by Sappho over 2,600 years ago has been published for the first time. June 30, 2005
FindCliches.com Lists Overused Plot Ideas
FindCliches is a website that lists clichés. June 30, 2005
Historian and Novelist Shelby Foote Dies at 88
Shelby Foote, a popular Civil War historian and novelist, has died at the age of 88. June 30, 2005
City Bloggers Keep Conversations Going
Bloggers in cities around the United States are organizing to share resources, ideas and stories. June 29, 2005
Paid Bloggers and Disclosure
The Boston Herald has an interesting article about bloggers who are getting paid to mention a product or store. June 29, 2005
MSNBC.com Launches Digital Life
MSNBC. June 29, 2005
Narnia Displays Coming Soon to Bookstores
Narnia themes and displays will soon be in bookstore everywhere but not until after the new Harry Potter release on July 16th. June 29, 2005
Douglas Adams: A Man Ahead of His Time
Douglas Adams, the popular author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and other popular mystery and science fiction novels, was clearly a man ahead of his time. June 29, 2005
George Orwell's Home Gets a Refurb
The home where legendary author Eric Arthur Blair (who became known as George Orwell) was born is being turned into a first-class museum. June 29, 2005
Drapes Removed from Justice Department Statue
Reuters reports that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has signed an order to remove the drapes that former Attorney General John Ascroft had placed on the statue in the Great Hall at the U. June 28, 2005
Bloggers Organize to Fight Government Regulation
Bloggers are organizing in an attempt to keep the Federal Election Commission from extending campaign finance rules to blogs. June 28, 2005
Jordan Bans Saddam Hussein's Novel
Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's novel called Get Out You Damned has been banned by Jordan officials who say the novel could harm relations between Jordan and Iraq. June 28, 2005
John Donovan Named Editor-in-Chief for Portable Design
Portable Design, a magazine providing information about mobile technologies and products, has appointed John Donovan as Editor-in-Chief. June 28, 2005
John Twelve Hawks: Living Off the Grid
USA Today delves into the mystery author who calls himself John Twelve Hawks. June 28, 2005
AOL's BlogZones Provide Blogosphere Coverage
AOL has a website called the BlogZone which provides coverage of what blogs are saying about politics and entertainment. June 27, 2005
What are Dark Blogs?
Dark blogs are the blogs hidden behind corporate firewalls that the public does not have access to. June 27, 2005
Topher Grace Joins Spider-Man 3 Cast
Topher Grace has joined the cast of Spider-Man 3, it was announced by director Sam Raimi and producers Laura Ziskin and Marvel Studio's Avi Arad. June 27, 2005
New War of the Worlds Books in Stores
USA Today reports that three new illustrated versions of H. June 27, 2005

