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According to Associated Press, a loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers are trying to band together to form a labor union they hope will help them receive health insurance, conduct collective bargaining or even set professional standards. While bloggers work to organize their own labor movement, their growing numbers are already being courted by some unions. "Bloggers are on our radar screen right now for …

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Rafat Ali at paidContent is reporting that Treehugger has been bought by a larger media company for $15 million. The new site will become part of Discovery’s PlanetGreen network, which includes the eco-lifestyle TV network launching next year. Last year, Discovery-owned Animal Planet bought two online pet sites: Petfinder.com and PetsIncredible. Treehugger, based in Brooklyn, NY, was formed in 2004, and offers a mix …

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Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., better known as Perez Hilton, the self-proclaimed “Queen of All Media,” is on the front page of Sunday Styles today--a place normally reserved for the characters he writes about on his top drawer entertainment blog. With his shameless self-promotion and buffoonish appearance, Mr. Lavandeira, a childlike bear of a man, has become a hard-to-ignore Hollywood player. One day he was a …

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A friend and former colleague from Integer Denver wrote to me today about The Denver Egotist, a new market-specific ad blog with mile high ambitions. Here's what the site's anonymous editor is thinking: The Denver Egotist Manifesto In order to promote creative growth in Denver, one must admit the city is conceptually stunted. It’s not on the tip of any tongues, and for good reason. Safe solutions, droll concepts. It …

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The Wall Street Journal (paid sub. req.) is celebrating blogging's 10th anniversary, although they afix no hard and fast date to the form's emergence. The business paper asked a number of people to pontificate on the subject. Blogerati chairwoman emeritus, Elizabeth Spiers, offers some nice insight into the practice (as does Scott Karp...see video above). So I'll share some of her commentary here: Of the various …

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The Wall Street Journal (paid sub. req.) is reporting that marketers and media companies (like ESPN) have found their way to Twitter. NBC, CBS, ABC Family and MTV are among several networks experimenting with the marketing possibilities of Twitter. Marketing through Twitter -- as with any new technology -- isn't a slam dunk. Sending marketing messages on the service could alienate users who see Twitter as a way to …

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BusinessWeek is sharing some interesting figures regarding how much income certain A-list blogs pull in. boingboing.net Launched: January, 2000 Revenue: Over $1 million a year icanhascheezburger.com Launched: January, 2007 Revenue: Estimated $5,600 a month shoemoney.com Launched: October, 2005 Revenue: $12,000 a month overheardinnewyork.com Launched: July, 2003 Revenue: Estimated $8,100 a month kottke.org Launched: …

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Jeremy Pepper is an infamous (and snarky) PR blogger. Apparently, he's also known for his avid pursuit of women. Check this two-twit sequence from Josh Hallett: Josh's live report was sent from BlogPhilly. Here's Ariel Waldman's response (from KCMO, I presume): So, what have we learned here? Be careful what you say when live bloggers/Twitterers are present. I'm pretty sure there's some other learning wrapped up in …

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