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15 Nov 2009 10:46

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Biz: Mommy bloggers or mommy hawkers? Consumerism critics take note

Frito Lay and Nestle have swooned blogger Andrea Deckard over the last year. She says the trips inform readers. Critics say it’s clever marketing. source


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23 Oct 2009 14:10

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Biz, Tech: Bloggers make money through self-promotion, not the blog itself

$42,548

the amount that the average blogger takes home each year; hobbyists bring home around $14,777

$122,222

the amount that professional bloggers take home; very little of that comes from the blog itself source


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13 Oct 2009 20:14

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Tech: If star bloggers leave their sites, the brand suffers significantly

94%

of perezhilton.com’s value is gone without Perez Hilton source


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06 Oct 2009 10:30

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Tech: If you want to pay us to big-up a product, do it before Dec. 1

$11,000

fine for bloggers who don’t disclose source


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24 Aug 2009 20:20

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Tech, U.S.: That “Skanks in NYC” blogger broke an obscure cyberstalking law

Could we have a less vapid free speech hero, please? When NYC fashion school grad student Rosemary Port anonymously posted her harsh diatribes against model Liskula Cohen, she broke the law. The obscure cyberstalking law she broke says she could be sentenced to up to two years in jail and fined for using the internet “without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person.” It’s the kind of law that angers bloggers like us because it completely goes against free speech. We can’t imagine the idea of Port fighting this law up to the Supreme Court over calling some girl she didn’t like a “ho.” It makes our brain hurt. source


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04 Aug 2009 10:44

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Biz, Tech: AP: Charging for quotes it doesn’t own, going into PR spin mode

  • If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea.
  • Thomas Jefferson • Quoted by blogger James Grimmelmann, who used that handy-dandy quote-charging system to see if Associated Press would charge him to pay for a quote they didn’t even use in a story. Not only did they do it (for $12), they returned his money, then made a statement about it. (He smartly responded back.) Sure, they’re not attacking bloggers. That’s what they say. But we can see the precedent and the crosshairs. It’s just not good for the Internet, guys. Our ban on their content stands. • source


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23 May 2009 13:08

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Culture, Offbeat: Fake Steven Tyler won’t stop suing me!

The Aerosmith lead singer is mad about bloggers swiping his likeness. Tyler, who became a minor Internet meme thanks to Rock Band’s over-reliance on his vocal track in some songs, recently attempted to sue a handful of anonymous bloggers for pretending to be him and sharing private facts about him and his family. Basically, it equates to drama. source


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