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• FTC to Probe Bloggers Who Take Money to Hawk Stuff

  BNET - 2009-07-03

  The Federal Trade Commission FTC is drawing up guidelines that will allow it to investigate bloggers who promote products, as well as the companies that pay them to do so, when such conflicts of interest are not disclosed to readers. The agency also will investigate any false claims by the...

  Tags: FTC, Twitter, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, David Weir

• Bloggers celebrate breaching Green Dam

  Financial Times - 2009-07-01

  A garden party in eastern Beijing planned as a protest turned into a celebration yesterday after the Chinese government postponed its plan to fit all computers in the country with Green Dam, a controversial web filtering software."The government has learned a valuable lesson that you cannot treat your citizens...

  Tags: China, WAPI, Beijing, Industry, Blogger, Government, WAP, Internet, Vertical Industries, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Government News, Government Policy, Financial Times

• Musictoob Launches A Linking Tool For Bloggers; Brings On First Outside Investor

  Content Next - 2009-06-16

  Pop music news and gossip site Musictoob thinks it has found a way for some aggregators to get around accusations of stealing content. The site has launched a new tool that lets any blogger link to outside stories, which then show up under the blogger's URL but are still...

  Tags: Site, Investor, Tool, Blogger, Musictoob, Blogging, Internet, Entertainment, Music, Social Media, News Sharing, Joseph Tartakoff, Google Inc., Time Warner Inc.

• WordPress.com, SocialVibe Partner To Let Bloggers Run Ads?But Only For Charity

  Content Next - 2009-06-15

  WordPress bloggers that want to generate ad revenue from their content need to upgrade from the free version of the service, to a platform and domain that they pay to host themselves. But paidContent has learned that WordPress parent company Automattic is loosening that ad restriction, so that free...

  Tags: Advertisement, Charity, Wordpress, Blogger, SocialVibe, Blogging, Internet, Advertising, Social Media, Tameka Kee

• What Do Women Want? More Social Media.

  BNET - 2009-05-21

  Not so long ago and not very far away, mainstream journalists could bash bloggers as a lower life form. The public hadn't really showed up or weighed in yet. Today, however, that era seems as distant as the days when there were still mainstream journalism jobs and other luxury items...

  Tags: Social Networking, Women, Social Media, Blogger, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, David Weir

• Grey Begs Bloggers to Stop Posting Mao Condom Ads; Grovels to "Offended" Chinese Officials

  BNET - 2009-04-21

  Grey Group is begging bloggers to stop posting an ad it created for Doc Morris Pharmacies condoms that shows an image of Mao Zedong in the form of a sperm. The ad suggests that using the condom will prevent you from creating a new diabolical world leader. by Jim Edwards

  Tags: Advertisement, Blogger, Grey Group, Blogging, Internet, Jim Edwards

• Bloggers Make Great Employees | BTalk Australia

  BNET - 2009-03-31

  (13min 48) Bloggers are dedicated and hard working, which should make them sought after employees. That's the view of recruitment specialist Kelly Magowan from Six Figures. In today's BTalk Australia she talks to Phil Dobbie about the skills bloggers bring and discusses the implications of bloggers, like...

  Tags: Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Phil Dobbie

• Saturday Morning's Links to Top Bloggers

  BNET - 2009-03-14

  Every now and again, it's time to give a shout-out to other media and technology bloggers for the great work they are doing. I still hear so much complaining about bloggers from various people -- journalists included -- that I have to wonder whether they actually are reading any blogs......

  Tags: Google Inc., Blogger, Blogging, Internet, David Weir

• Advertisers Lobby FTC for Right to Not Tell the Truth

  BNET - 2009-03-08

  Advertising industry lobbyists have asked the FTC to stop proposed reforms for expanding its jurisdiction over infomercials, celebrity endorsements, bloggers and consumer testimonials. The advertisers' comments ask the FTC not to require that they disclose when they are making claims that don't tell the whole truth. A...

  Tags: Advertisement, Blog, Product, FTC, Advertiser, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Jim Edwards

• Valassis Angers Blogger Moms by Yanking RedPlum Coupons From Newspapers

  BNET - 2009-02-16

  Valassis's decision to stop using newspapers for its RedPlum coupon inserts is causing drama across the kitchen tables of suburban America. Now a campaign to have them brought back has been started by coupon-clipping moms who are also bloggers. The issue is also a fateful for one...

  Tags: Coupon, Blogger, Valassis, Coupon Cutter, Blogging, Food & Beverage, Internet, Manufacturing, Jim Edwards