Perez Hilton is taking over. His site drew 2.8 million unique visitors in February, according to comScore Inc., making it the ninth-most popular entertainment-news site in the U.S. According to The Wall Street Journal, the ubiquitous purveyor of celebrity gossip on the Internet, is now expanding his empire to the airwaves. Starting May 5, the blogger, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, will have his own twice-daily …
Today In Twitterverse: Transculturalism
Brian Morrissey is a journalist in the employ of Adweek. …
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Laugh At Thyself (Or Be Laughed At)
[courtesy of Where's My Jetpack? via The Toad Stool] …
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When To Say When
Anyone who has spent significant time blogging can tell you what an obsession it can become. It's an obsession I'm looking very closely at these days, as peering into this screen for hours on end is not the smartest thing I've ever chosen to do. But there are people, like Fred Wilson, who are much more obsessive than me. Wilson's in Hawaii on family vacation right now. To squeeze in a post, he takes his Crackberry on …
Blog Has Four Letters. Work Has Four Letters. Coincidence?
Michael Arrington says that $25 million was invested in blogs and blog networks in 2007. He doesn't see it as a good sign. I believe the money is being, for the most part, wasted. If a VC hands you a check, their intention is not to hang around for 20 years while you build a nice lifestyle business for yourself. What they want to see is an exit, preferably a 10x or higher exit, within 3-4 years. But something tells …
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Today In Twitterverse: Blah Blah Blah
David Armano is at a conference in New York City this morning. As you can see, he's getting extraordinary value from it. …
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Ev On “Ambient Awareness” and Other Matters
Fast Company interviewed Evan Williams, a.k.a. "Ev" about Twitter. Here are a few highlights: Q. Am I admitting my age if I ask why anyone would want to be that connected? A. I don't think it has anything to do with age. That's the most common response from everybody: Why would I want to use that? Once they start using it, they kind of get into it. It's something you have to experience. It's fun and sometimes useful …
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When You Make A Living From Your Site, Fans Are Also Customers
I attended a SXSWi panel with a dubious title yesterday, "Online Adulation: Use Don't Abuse Your Fans." Look at those verbs. "Use." "Abuse." Not good. There was one true blogebrity on the panel and sadly she conveyed, perhaps unintentionally, what a hassle it is to be so popular. I don't doubt for a second that it is a hassle, for blogebrities don't have people around them to deflect the constant stream of requests …
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