links for 2005-10-11
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Much of the innovation we’re seeing in the use and spread of consumer-generated media (CGM) draws from the political blog space.
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Tanking Technorati
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On Vigilante Journalism
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Get Letters from Chip, My New Email-Only Newsletter
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Paid Subscription Success Story (Sports)
This news is a month old, but it has been sitting in my "to post" file and since I’ve done a lot with success and failure in paid subscriptions lately, here’s a success story from MediaPost: THE NEWLY FORMED INTERNET DIVISION of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. acquired Scout Media Inc., a Seattle-based online sports company…