Read more blogging stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2893/blogging.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:23:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71237/gone-with-gourmet-a-taste-for-expertise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Gourmet magazine absorbed his Cook’s in 1990, Christopher Kimball discovered the hard way that the publishing business is “a top-down, winner-take-all proposition, an oligarchy of sorts.” But the frazzling encounter also afforded him a meeting with Conde Nast chairman Si Newshouse, who “poured his fortune into his magazine properties...http://www.newser.com/story/71237/gone-with-gourmet-a-taste-for-expertise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 10:02:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70797/colleges-use-student-blogs-as-free-pr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagColleges are loosening the reins on student bloggers in hopes that a dose of candid commentary will lure prospective applicants. At MIT, for instance, bloggers paid by the admissions office go about their work with no fear of censorship. That policy has caused some friction—including a spat between the...http://www.newser.com/story/70797/colleges-use-student-blogs-as-free-pr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 12:10:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70766/uk-court-serves-injunction-over-twitter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a micro-blogging first, the UK’s High Court has ruled that a court order may be served via Tweet. The case concerns an anonymous wag who has been impersonating right-wing blogger Donal Blaney on Twitter, sending out tweets under his name with “mildly objectionable” content, the BBC reports. The court...http://www.newser.com/story/70766/uk-court-serves-injunction-over-twitter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 15:45:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69358/meet-the-new-media-same-as-the-old-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s become obligatory for internet philosophers to crow about how blogs have democratized the press and allowed average joes to beat big media, but it’s just not true anymore, writes Benajamin Carlson of the Atlantic . “The free-wheeling fraternal spirit of blogging has become increasingly subject to market disciplines.” Or, as...http://www.newser.com/story/69358/meet-the-new-media-same-as-the-old-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 14:37:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67539/skank-blogger-remains-defiant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe blogger at the center of a lawsuit against Google has defended comments calling a model a skank, reports the New York Daily News. "I feel my right to privacy has been violated," said New Yorker Rosemary Porter, 29, whose identity was revealed under court order after model Liskula Cohen,...http://www.newser.com/story/67539/skank-blogger-remains-defiant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 7:22:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65796/hedonometer-gauges-us-mood-via-blogs-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you think blogs are useless, think again: Scientists have developed a “hedonometer,” or happiness gauge, that analyzes personal online statements to pinpoint the overall contentment of the US population on a given day, the Discovery Channel reports. The program looks at sentences beginning with “I feel” and then grades...http://www.newser.com/story/65796/hedonometer-gauges-us-mood-via-blogs-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 15:10:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65354/blogosphere-reinventing-journalism-not-bleeding-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe blogosphere might not be the future of news sprung fully formed from the corpse of old media, Michael Massing writes in the New York Review of Books , but neither is it “parasite” feeding on newspapers. “The practice of journalism, far from being leeched by the Web, is being reinvented...http://www.newser.com/story/65354/blogosphere-reinventing-journalism-not-bleeding-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 17:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65268/cheating-wives-blogs-bragging-or-therapy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWomen's "infidelity blogs" have surged in number in recent years and they're attracting a large and loyal following, the Independent reports. The bloggers say they're not trying to flaunt their affairs, but rather to use anonymity to share details of their secret lives and find support among like-minded people. "I...http://www.newser.com/story/65268/cheating-wives-blogs-bragging-or-therapy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 7:58:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64980/this-guys-getting-60k-to-tweet-about-wine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHardy Wallace recently lost his job—but he’ll soon be making $10,000 a month promoting Murphy-Goode winery on the Web, as the winner of the much-touted “Really Goode Job,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Atlantan, who has a wine blog and has taken sommelier education courses, was first...http://www.newser.com/story/64980/this-guys-getting-60k-to-tweet-about-wine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 8:41:29 CDT