SusanG at The Daily Kos points out an interesting discussion in U.S. News & World Report’s Washington Whispers column:
Rocked by warnings that it will cost news organizations $50,000 more per reporter to cover Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain, a growing number of journalists and press pundits are questioning why the media is staffing [...]
Six Apart today announced an update to Movable Type and the launch of Movable Type Pro, a new version that’s designed to let you build your own social networking sites.
Or as Six Apart puts it, “think Digg in a box”.
What’s New in Movable Type 4.2
Movable Type Pro lets you turn any site into a full [...]
Auttomatic has announced that WordPress for iPhone is now available.
It lets you blog from your iPhone and offers support for tags & categories, photo support for both camera phone pics and library photos and support for multiple blogs.
BlogHer, the online community (and conference) for women bloggers, has entered a strategic partnership with iVillage, a subsidiary of NBC Universal and a popular website toward female viewers/readers. The agreement provides iVillage access to BlogHer’s network of 2200 member blogs, and shared promotional and advertising opportunities across BlogHer’s audience. As part of the [...]
RawVoice CEO Todd Cochrane got in touch with us a few days ago to alert us to this week’s launch of a new podcast publishing and hosting system via the Blubrry podcast network.
Blubrry Podcast Publishing with Hosting is an integrated solution that combines podcast statistics, media hosting, and promotional tools to “grow and support your [...]
As mainstream media promotes itself to new heights (depths?) over the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Beijing, and with the International Olympic Committee raising hackles with its severe restrictions on blogging, podcasting and new media, it seemed like a good time to look at citizen media efforts coming from China itself. This week’s edition of [...]
Remember last month’s blogging can kill you hysteria?
In April, the New York Times ran an exposé on the health risks of blogging. At the time, we were skeptical, and it turns out that our instincts were right.
Researchers now say that blogging is actually good for you.
Democrats are allowing select bloggers access to the floor of the national convention in Denver this summer.
Fifty-five bloggers have been chosen:
ALASKA: Celtic Diva’s Blue Oasis: divasblueoasis.blogspot.com
ALABAMA: Doc’s Political Parlor: www.politicalparlor.net
ARKANSAS: Under The Dome.com: www.underthedome.com
ARIZONA: Ted Prezelski - Rum, Romanism and Rebellion: www.rumromanismrebellion.net
CALIFORNIA: Calitics: Calitics.com
COLORADO: SquareState.net: squarestate.net
CONNECTICUT: My Left Nutmeg: myleftnutmeg.com
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: DCist.com: dcist.com
DELAWARE: TommyWonk: [...]
Online video site Viddler has announced a new plugin for Wordpress 2.5 (currently in beta testing) that lets you browse for and embed videos directly from Wordpress.
Here’s what’s new in this version:
Dashboard widget You can now watch, and help promote, our daily featured videos right from within the Wordpress administration dashboard. There is a [...]
It starting to look like geeking out with new media may be good for your social life.
First, Cosmo revealed that the Apple Store is a great place to meet people “for a fun fling or a long term relationship”:
Most guys are natural gadget lovers, and with sales of iPods and MacBooks skyrocketing, more men than [...]