Blogging News: Page 64

This is page 64 of the blogging news archives.

Andrew Sullivan Discusses Blogs on Colbert Report (January 19, 2006): Blogger Andrew Sullivan, who recently relocated his blog, The Daily Dish to Time.

Washington Post Blog Turns Off Comments (January 19, 2006): The Washington Post has temporarily turned off comments on its main weblog after receiving tons of critical comments and emails.

Will Fleck Make All Your Wildest Web 2.0 Dreams Come True? (January 19, 2006): TechCrunch has an entry about a new website called Fleck.

Finding Photos for Your Blog (January 18, 2006): Presentation Zen has a helpful post with a list of resources where you can find good inexpensive and free photographs for use on your blog.

Article Forecasts Death of Personal Blogs in Two or Three Years (January 18, 2006): An article by Alex Krupp on Sys-Con.

Military.com Acquires Milblogging Military Blog Directory (January 18, 2006): The Military dotcom site has acquired Milblogging.com, a directory of over 1,150 military blogs.

Blogs Not Big Enough for Daily Kos Founder (January 18, 2006): TomPaine.

Seeking Alpha Offers Free Conference Call Transcripts (January 18, 2006): The Seeking Alpha blog network has added free conference call transcripts from 400 companies to its network of stock blogs.

Character Blog Helps With Branding at Annie's Homegrown (January 17, 2006): An article on MarketingSherpa.

NY Times: More Business Travel Blogs Coming (January 17, 2006): A New York Times article expects an increase in blogs by business travelers.

Gather.com Raises $6 Million (January 17, 2006): Gather.

Post Blogospheric Fiction (January 17, 2006): Sfsite.

Blogs Help Stormhoek Double Wine Sales in 12 Months (January 16, 2006): Decanter reports that Stormhoek, a South African wine producer, doubled its wine sales in twelve months by reaching out to the blogosphere.

The Blog Herald Sells for Over $60K (January 16, 2006): The Blog Herald is reporting being sold.

Is Blogging Cooler Than Writing? (January 16, 2006): Simon Dumenco, who writes the Media Guy column for AdAge, offers a new opinion piece called "A Blogger is Just a Writer With a Cooler Name.

Universities Hiring Student Bloggers to Describe Life on Campus (January 15, 2006): A Chicago Tribune article says some universities have college students blogging about life at the school.

Toshiba to Show Blog Reviews to Mobile Shoppers (January 15, 2006): The Asahi Shimbun reports that Toshiba has created software that will let mobile shoppers check blog reviews of electronics, food, books, CDs, DVDs, cosmetics and other products.

Search Engine Shows Bloggers' Opinions (January 14, 2006): Opinmind is a new blog search engine that shows bloggers' opinions.

Delaware Chief Justice Suggests Plaintiffs Just Blog Back (January 14, 2006): In a recent case where an individual sued over comments posted by an anonymous blogger and tried to force the ISP to reveal the blogger's identity the Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court had an interesting comment: "plaintiffs harmed by a blog have an instant remedy available: blogging themselves.

PBS Launching Media and Technology Blog (January 14, 2006): Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is launching a new blog called MediaShift on January 18th.