Blogging News: Page 36

This is page 36 of the blogging news archives.

One Million Bloggers in France (November 24, 2006): The AFP is reporting that France has nearly one million bloggers and is the most active European country blogwise according to a new Forrester Research study.

New Blog Covers Air Travel Complaints (November 24, 2006): Want to read about the worst travel experiences or bitch about a recent travel nightmare you experienced? Then Aircomplane is the blog for you.

Google Testing Including Blog Results in Google Web Search (November 23, 2006): Andy Boyd spotted a box listing "blog posts about tea" in Google's web search results when he was conducting a web search for tea.

Study Finds Podcast Use Slowly Rising (November 22, 2006): The AP reports that podcast use is rising.

CBS Boosts Ratings With YouTube Channel (November 22, 2006): Mashable reports that CBS has accomplished some impressive numbers with its channel on YouTube.

California Supreme Court Protects Bloggers From Libelous Comments (November 21, 2006): The International Herald Tribune reports that a decision by the California Supreme Court gives bloggers, forum owners and publishers immunity from libelous comments posted on their websites by others.

Excessive Posts Can Turn Away Readers (November 21, 2006): A post on Gadgetopia called Drinking From a Fire House suggests that if your posting volume is too high you may actually turn off readers.

Kineda Launches Blogger Ranking Widget (November 20, 2006): Kineda has launched a linkbait widget that spits back your blog rank and a funky pink badge.

Webshots Adds Video Sharing (November 20, 2006): Webshots has blogged the debut of its new video sharing service.

MyBlogLog Still Independent (November 20, 2006): MyBlogLog has not yet been sold despite rumors it was acquired by Yahoo.

Universal Music Warns Bank of America Over U2 Parody (November 20, 2006): Bank of America probably has no plans to intrude on the musical turf of powerhouse Univeral Music but good luck trying to explain that to Univeral Music's legal team.

Universal Music Sues MySpace (November 18, 2006): The New York Times reports that the Universal Music Group has sued MySpace.

Photo Agencies Pursue Perez Hilton (November 18, 2006): Canada.

People Launches TomKat Wedding Blog (November 17, 2006): The upcoming wedding between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is such a huge celebrity story that People magazine has launched a Tom and Katie Wedding Blog (note: the blog is no longer available).

Yahoo Acquires MyBlogLog and Bix (November 17, 2006): Yahoo has apparently acquired the MyBlogLog service that adds social networking type features to blogs.

Jason Calacanis Leaves AOL (November 16, 2006): Jason Calacanis is leaving AOL. He was the founder of Weblogs, Inc. which was sold to AOL in 2005.

Adults Like Watching Web Videos Too (November 15, 2006): Forbes.

Nick Douglas, Valleywag and 10 Zen Monkeys (November 15, 2006): The New York Times DealBook is blogging about the recent turn of events at Gawker's Valleywag blog - the firing of Nick Douglas and the new medical thriller logo.

Bush 41 Blames Blogs For Amplifying Adversarial Politics (November 15, 2006): Think Progress reports that former President George H.

Reuters Invests $7 Million in Pluck (November 15, 2006): Reuters reports that have invest $7 million in Pluck.