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Malaysian Court Frees Blogger

Via The New York Times By THOMAS FULLER Published: November 7, 2008 BANGKOK — In what lawyers described as a landmark ruling, a court in Malaysia on Friday ordered the release of one of the country’s best known bloggers, ruling … Continue reading

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NYU Local Blog Connects a School with No Campus

Via Media Shift by Alana Taylor, November 5, 2008 The idea for NYU Local, the newest addition to New York University’s list of publications, was born last year when founder and editor Cody Brown, 20, came up with the idea … Continue reading

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In Era of Blog Sniping, Companies Shoot First

Via the New York Times By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: November 4, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO – During past downturns, layoffs were mostly a private affair. Big companies tended to issue vague press releases filled with jargon about “downsizing,” and start-ups … Continue reading

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They’ve Got Your Number

Via the New York Times By ROB WALKER Published: October 31, 2008 Maybe you’re the kind of person who doesn’t believe that the kind of person you are can be deduced by an algorithm and expressed through shorthand categorizations like … Continue reading

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Judges Rule Anonymous Commenters Protected by State Shield Laws

Via Media Shift by Jeffrey D. Neuburger, October 30, 2008 Political campaigns often produce a blizzard of ancillary election-related litigation — for an example, just look to the 2000 presidential campaign. When the press reports anonymous accusations during an election … Continue reading

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China Blocks Blogs, Search Results on Tainted Milk Scandal

Via MediaShift by Lucie Morillon, October 22, 2008 The evidence is accumulating. The censorship imposed on the Chinese media about the contaminated milk scandal has had disastrous consequences according to Reporters Without Borders. Last July, a journalist working for the … Continue reading

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How Political Diarists Power RedState, Daily Kos

via Media Shift by Simon Owens, October 21, 2008 In October of last year, a man named Leon H Wolf published a post on the front page of influential conservative blogging community RedState titled, “Attention, Ron Paul Supporters (Life is … Continue reading

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Scott Rosenberg Traces the Blogosphere’s Origins

by Simon Owens, September 22, 2008 In July of last year, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Happy Blogiversary,” claiming that it had officially been 10 years since the blog was born. The writer cited Jorn Barger, owner … Continue reading

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Journalists Consider Risks, Conflicts of Running Personal Blogs

Via Media Shift by Simon Owens, October 7, 2008 Tagged: cnn, ethics, kcrw, zdnet Implementing strategies developed by millions of office workers who have honed the practice of flipping from computer solitaire to spreadsheets at the first sign of a … Continue reading

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FriendFeed Built The Ultimate Live Blogging Tool

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on October 15, 2008   What you see above is an embed of a special page on FriendFeed tracking discussion of tonight’s presidential debate. The page updates dynamically, meaning no page refreshes are necessary, using similar “long polling” … Continue reading

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