CBS News to Review Personal Blogs of Employees

Posted on November 15, 2005

CBS News employees interested in started blogs and CBS News employees that already have a personal blog must check their blog in with the SVP of Standards. CBS' Public Eye blog provides this text from Linda Mason, the senior vice president for standards and special projects at CBS News.

"In this time of the exponential growth of blogs, there are CBS News employees who are creating and maintaining personal blogs. Before any such blog is created, the SVP of Standards must be informed and must approve the blog. For those of you who are already in the blogosphere, you must contact the SVP of Standards. There can be no messages or information posted on these blogs that is potentially damaging to CBS News if made public."

Public Eye asks whether people employeed by media companies will should be able to blog freely. But personal blog reviews won't stop just with media companies. Restrictions on personal blogs are likely to be imposed not just by media companies but by lots of companies in other industries as well.