Blogging News: Page 39
This is page 39 of the blogging news archives.
YouTube Asked To Remove 1,000 Sports Clips (October 26, 2006): The Guardian reports YouTube has been asked to remove 1,000 sports videos.
People Memetracker Called Pmeme Launches (October 26, 2006): Pmeme is a new memetracker that claims to track people making news and follow newsmakers in the blogosphere.
YouTube Takes Scheduled Downtime Break (October 26, 2006): YouTube has taken some scheduled downtime and posted a graphic featuring a busy chemist or mad scientists.
Political Bloggers Planning Google Bombs (October 25, 2006): Some political bloggers are planning strategic Google bombs that they hope will be seen by people searching for information about a candidate as the November elections draws closer.
Rocky Blog Still Going Strong (October 25, 2006): The Rocky Balboa film comes out December 22nd.
Shut Up and Post (October 23, 2006): The Dixie Chicks have a new blog, Shut Up and Post, for their upcoming movie called Shut Up and Sing.
Sudan Government Evicts UN Envoy Over Blog Post (October 22, 2006): CBS News reports that the Sudan government has ordered chief U.
The Amazing Aleksey Vayner (October 22, 2006): The New York Times reports how Aleksey Vayner's video resume quickly spread around the Internet.
CNET Launches Crave Blog and Vlog (October 22, 2006): CNET has launched a gadget blog called Crave.
YouTube, Google and Embedding Videos (October 20, 2006): YouTube has removed about 30,000 videos after complaints from a Japanese organization representing Japanese content providers.
Blog Details Efforts to Get Brenda Starr Film Made (October 20, 2006): Actress Jenna Mattison has started a blog called Project Starr Light.
Children's Health Environmental Coalition Launches Health Tips Blog (October 20, 2006): The Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) has launched a blog called 90 Tips for 90 Days that provides tips for reducing exposure to deadly chemicals and pollutants.
Microsoft Forgets About Old MSN Filter Page (October 19, 2006): At first glance Microsoft appears to have dumped its MSN Filter blogs when they upgraded live.
Rush Limbaugh Says He's Not at War With Conservative Bloggers (October 18, 2006): Rush Limbaugh says he is not at war with conservative bloggers.
AOL Launches Political Blog Network (October 17, 2006): Add another one to the growing list of blogs launching to cover the midterm elections.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Launch Blog (October 17, 2006): Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, also known as the Olsen twins, have launched a new blog (note: the url blog.
Proposed EU Broadcast Rules Threaten Video Bloggers (October 17, 2006): The Times reports that the British government is trying to prevent an EU directive that would require blogs and websites in Europe to comply with broadcasting regulations.
Sugar Publishing Raises $5 Million in VC Funding (October 17, 2006): Sugar Publishing has raised $5 million in VC funding. The funding was from Michael Moritz at Sequoia Capital.
Military Monitoring Blogs For OPSEC Violations (October 16, 2006): Defense Tech has a post about an Army News Story that says a team of Virginia National Guard troops are monitoring blogs and websites for the slightest OPSEC violation.
Odd NYTimes Article About Technorati (October 16, 2006): Hey, has anyone heard about this cool blog search called Technorati? The New York Times writes as if the blog search engine is new to them.