Friday, February 24, 2006

Friday, February 10, 2006

"FBI, SEC Probe Web Sites Offering Large Returns for Looking at Ads" - The Wall Street Journal

This article does not mention blogs, but there is no reason why a blog could not run afoul of these same laws.

Monday, February 06, 2006

"The New Media: Bloggers and Participatory Journalism" - The 2nd Al Jazeera Forum

There is still too much association between the technology that enables blogs and a notion often referred to as "participatory" or "citizen" journalism. Blogs are much more than this and the full potential of the instant publishing capability is being masked by discussions of whether every person using blog capabilities is a reporter. They are not.

"Goodbye to All This"- The Washington Post

This is a very thoughtful discussion of some of the ways in which the The Washington Post has been affected by blogging, and the instant publishing phenomenon that blogging represents. The Washington Post continues to evolve its own blogging strategy, both in terms of its own blogs and how it deals with all the blogs which refer to the Post....with compliments and criticisms.

"Balancing The Business of MySpace" - Internet.com

This article discusses some critical components of a blog strategy. MySpace is largely a collection of millions of blogs.