The New York Times reports on good news for all who operate message boards and/or blogs that allow discussion. The California Supreme Court said yesterday that Internet publishers could not be held liable if they posted defamatory comments written by others. The court, in a unanimous decision, said those claiming defamation could sue only the original source of the comments, not publishers or distributors, even if …
Less Pulp? More Nutrients!
Amy Gahran writing on Poynter's E-Media Tidbits provides some analysis of a recent Technorati report on bloggers influence or perceived authority. Technorati measures influence by counting inbound links to blogs. Technorati's ranking mostly reflects popularity and the effects of posting frequency. In some cases these may correlate with influence or authority -- but not always. First of all, people link to blogs for …
Jason Moves To Greener Pastures
TechCrunch and The New York Times are both reporting on Jason Calacanis' resignation from AOL, the company that paid 25 mil. for his firm, Weblogs, Inc. Jason Calacanis, the outspoken blogger and entrepreneur who ran AOL’s Netscape division, resigned on Thursday in the wake of the firing of AOL’s chief executive, Jonathan Miller. Mr. Calacanis sold his company, Weblogs Inc., a network of blogs, to AOL last year and …
Gawker Media’s Silicon Valley Beat Up For Grabs
Valleywag is seeking to redefine itself. Publisher, Nick Denton says, "More money, a little less sex: that is Valleywag's new gossip mantra." The site is also looking for a new editor (and a junior writer) with an old-media, investigative reporting background. …
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Patience Bloggerman
Steve Rubel says people (and companies) starting blogs today often hope to realize overnight success. He advises against such thinking and recommends instead "blogging for search." An executive for one of the biggest blog companies on the Web once told me that it takes a year for a blog to build substantial Google juice. Judging from what I've seen from the various projects I've worked on, he's right. …
Blogs Get The Cred They Deserve
Rueters reports that weblogs are a more trusted source of information (24 percent) than television advertising (17 percent) and email marketing (14 percent). But blogs still lag behind newspapers (30 percent) in the credibility department. The survey was commissioned by Hotwire, a public relations consultancy working in the technology sector. …
Mr. Money Bags Spells It Out
Jason Calacanis, CEO of AOL's Weblogs, Inc. kindly shares his responses from an email interview with a mainstream journalist. Blogging is already a business. Our company, Weblogs, Inc., is an eight figure a year business. Gawker Media, Rafat Ali's PaidContent.org, Mike Arrington's TechCrunch, John Battelle's Federated Media, and Boingboing.net are all significant media business today. In terms of profitability the …
It Takes Talent To Work With Talent
Michael Zhang of Folksonomy spoke recently with John Battelle, the founder and Chair of Federated Media Publishing. Here's a slice of their conversation: Q. What are some challenges that you've experienced since starting Federated Media? A. Working with the folks that we have selected to be in the network has been a learning experience, because they're all very talented individuals and they require a certain level of …
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