links for 2005-09-29

The New York Times will begin a paid subscription section starting next Monday, 9/19, that will primarily include columns.  Jupiter analyst David Card wonders: shall we start the countdown for how long this lasts till the Timesmen (and women) demand to be set free so they can continue to participate in the online blogger-commentariat fray?

Here is a tantalizing tidbit about a new blog analytics tool called Measure Map.  It isn’t live yet, but you can sign up for an invitation.

TechCrunch reports on an interesting approach by Seth Godin to marketing his new book: As I mentioned in a recent weekly summary (see no. 6), Seth’s new book, The Big Moo, is coming out and he’s eating his own dogfood in promoting it. Seth has started selling batches of 50 galley copies to people if…

SiliconBeat: Digg gets $2.8 Mil Funding another “public as the news editor” site (tags: Aggregation VC) e-fluentials – Advocacy Drives Growth “finding a link between word of mouth recommendations and sales performance” (tags: WordOfMouth MarketResearch) LookSmart Expands Vertical Search 131 new verticals added (tags: VerticalSearch)

Industry Royalties Org Offers “Subsidy” To Small Internet Webcasters; SaveNetRadio Says No Thanks grandstanding or honest attempt at compromise? (tags: copyright music internetradio) Blog Search is Dead and Google Killed It are the days of vertical search numbered? (tags: search VerticalSearch) Live Innovation Journalism Conference Notes: Private equity is biggest threat to journalism in Silicon…

Stuff worth checking out: "Chris Heuer is the project lead: Signups for the new media press release (really!)" (Tom Foremski) – more on the effort to update the press release for the new media age.  Something worth following. "Blogs, Politics and Public Relations" (Beltway Blogroll) – campaigns in the new media age "GOP Superiority in…