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• Blogger Follows: Craig Calls Out the "Urban Myth" that He Hurt Newspapers

  BNET - 2009-11-06

  In a kind of "Follow Blogger Friday," we call out two small items that you may have missed, one of which quotes Craig Newmark saying that the idea that Craigslist damaged newspapers is an "urban myth." by David Weir

  Tags: Myth, Blogger, David Weir

• Beatles Label EMI Slaps former Huffington Post Blogger, BlueBeat Owner with Federal Lawsuit

  BNET - 2009-11-05

  Get your Beatles downloads from BlueBeat.com while they're hot--as in stolen, according to a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the site and its owner by EMI records, which distributes the Beatles music, in Los Angeles Wednesday. On second thought,...

  Tags: EMI Group Plc., RIAA, Music

• Bloggers Hate Bogusky's Book But Didn't Bother to Read It

  BNET - 2009-11-04

  Poor Alex Bogusky. America's hottest adman must be thinking, What have I done wrong? Fresh from nursing his wounds after a vicious encounter with Gawker which he deserved, the Crispin Porter + Bogusky chief is being pilloried in the blogosphere for writing a book that is only 150 pages long....

  Tags: Wound, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Jim Edwards

• Yahoo's Yodel Anecdotal Blogger Will Not Be Yodeling Anymore [BoomTown]

  BNET - 2009-10-31

  While Nicki Dugan pictured here was not one of the top execs at Yahoo, she certainly is typical of many at the company who have struck with it through many ups and downs. No longer, according to a memo BoomTown obtained from several sources, since the longtime PR staffer–who has...

  Tags: Yahoo! Inc.

• AsianCorrespondent.com Tries To Build A Far-East Foreign Reporting Collective

  PaidContent - 2009-10-21

  A former B2B publisher CEO is trying to plug the widening gap in newspapers’ overseas news reportage, with a new site powered by South-East Asian bloggers.James Craven stepped down after five years from the helm of Bristol, England-based GDS International, a publisher of agriculture, healthcare and other magazines, 12...

  Tags: Blogger, AsianCorrespondent.com, Blogging, Internet, Media & Publishing, Online News, Robert Andrews

• IAB Calls For Reversal Of 'Unfair and Unconstitutional' FTC Blogger Regs

  PaidContent - 2009-10-15

  The Interactive Advertising Bureau is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to withdraw its recently revised guidelines governing dealings between bloggers and marketers. The ad trade group says the rules “unfairly and unconstitutionally” impose penalties on online media for practices, while exempting traditional media. In an open letter to...

  Tags: Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC, Blogger, Ad Trade Group, Blogging, Internet, Advertising, Legal, Regulatory, Social Media, David Kaplan

• Web group says FTC rules unconstitutional

  Financial Times - 2009-10-15

  The internet's largest advertising group called on the US Federal Trade Commission to withdraw its recently issued guidelines for endorsements in advertising, saying the new rules were unconstitutional and unfairly punish bloggers and users of social media.The Interactive Advertising Bureau said the FTC's "Guidelines Concerning the Use of Endorsements...

  Tags: Web, Advertisement, Media, Social Media, Interactive Advertising Bureau, FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Company News, Regulation of Business, Financial Times

• "Love Your Job" Career Advice Faces Blogger Blacklash

  BNET - 2009-10-13

  If anecdotal evidence is to be believed, there are few questions that flummox Gen Y quite so much as how to find a job you love. Career counselors of all stripes insist young people love what they do. Problem is, many people just can't seem to find a path that...

  Tags: Job, Blogger, Cheuvront, Professional Development, Career, Jessica Stillman

• Guardian Hiring Bloggers For Local News Network

  PaidContent - 2009-10-12

  There’s now no doubt that Guardian News & Media is planning a local online news project. It’s hiring for metropolitan “beatbloggers” in Cardiff, Leeds and Edinburgh for local news services that will launch early next year.A job ad is seeking “bloggers interested in creating and curating local multimedia content...

  Tags: Job, North, Network, Blog, Blogger, Job Ad, GMG, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Patrick Smith

• Ed Silverman to Reopen Pharmalot Next Week

  BNET - 2009-10-09

  Ed Silverman will re-open Pharmalot next week, according to the MM&M. The news will be greeted with whoops of joy in Pharma-land and mixed feelings among drug bloggers who, since January, had been enjoying the vacuum his departure created. It also raises the question of why Elsevier saw fit to...

  Tags: Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Jim Edwards