Blogging News: Page 19

This is page 19 of the blogging news archives.

Carnegie Mellon Study Ranks Most Informative Blogs (October 24, 2007): A recent Carnegie Mellon study used higher mathematics to answer the question: if you want to be informed about what the entire blogospohere is talking about, but you can only read 100 blogs (out of the millions available), which blogs should you read? We were very happy to learn that Bloggers Blog came in 8th on the list.

L.A. Times Launches California Fire Twitter (October 23, 2007): The L.

Valleywag and TechCrunch Changing Internal Linking Habits (October 20, 2007): We first complained about internal linking on a post in July.

Some Restaurants Embrace Bloggers While Others Fear the Snark (October 17, 2007): The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article last week about food bloggers and social sites like Yelp.

It's Good to Be a Bundled Feed (October 15, 2007): Google has a post explaining the addition of subscriber numbers to its Google Reader service.

CBS Pays $10 Million for Dotspotter (October 11, 2007): GigaOm reports that CBS has bought a relatively unknown celebrity blog called Dotspotter for about $10 million.

MSNBC.com Acquires Newsvine (October 8, 2007): MSNBC has acquired Newsvine, a popular social news website.

Bloggers Build Cabin on DIY's Blog Cabin (October 5, 2007): The DIY Network has a show called Blog Cabin where bloggers helped build a cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Jason Calacanis Proposes Web 3.0 Definition (October 4, 2007): Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis has boldly gone ahead and written an "official definition" of Web 3.

How Much Are The Top Blogs Worth? (October 3, 2007): 24/7 Wall St has a post asking who is going to buy the big blogs.

CBSNews.com General Manager to Become Huffington Post's CEO (October 2, 2007): The New York Times is reporting that Betsy Morgan is leaving her job as the general manager of CBSNews.

Techmeme Launches Techmeme Leaderboard (October 1, 2007): There's another blog a-list for people to observe and blog about.

Anything Kanye Blogs Can Only Make Him Stronger (October 1, 2007): Rapper, producer and songwriter Kanye West has started a blog on his Kanye University website.

State Department Launches Dipnote (September 30, 2007): The U.

Yahoo Shuttering Podcast Resource (September 27, 2007): Read/Write Web reports that Yahoo is shuttering its podcast resource located at podcasts.

Nintendo Employee Fired Over Personal Blog (September 26, 2007): The Stranger is reporting that Nintendo fired a technical recruiter Jessica Zenner when they discovered her blog called Inexcusable Behavior.

Blog Covers the Comically Large (September 23, 2007): There is a new blog that covers comically large things like the giant pickle, giant noodle soup, giant video game controller, giant watermelon, giant Ritz crackers, giant phone, giant penny, giant safety pin and giant blue box of dental floss.

YouTuber Chris Crocker Inks TV Deal (September 20, 2007): Chris Crocker quickly became one of the most well-known YouTubers when his Leave Britney Alone video hit the mainstream.

President Bush Meets With Bloggers (September 19, 2007): The Washington Post reports that President Bush met with bloggers following his recent Iraq speech.

New York Times Ends TimesSelect (September 17, 2007): The New York Times is taking its TimesSelect service free.