Congress to Hold Hearing on Blogs
Beltway Blogroll reports that Congress will hold a hearing to explore the issue of FEC regulation of blogs. The hearing will be next Thursday (9/22) and will feature bloggers and FEC commissioners past and present.
Beltway Blogroll reports that Congress will hold a hearing to explore the issue of FEC regulation of blogs. The hearing will be next Thursday (9/22) and will feature bloggers and FEC commissioners past and present.
I’m looking for someone who will be at the DEMO conference next week to file some stories for Start Rocket. It could be a nice way to pick up a few extra bucks and participate in the launch week for the new publication. If you’re interested, email me.
Paul Kedrosky points to the Financial Times’ list of six business books of the year. (Leave it to the Europeans to decide to end the year early.) I’ve read and enjoyed 3 of the 6 (The World is Flat, by Tom Friedman; The Search by John Battelle; and Freakonomics by Steve Levitt and Stephen Dubner). …
Interesting tidbit from PaidContent: The Virginian-Pilot–the largest daily metropolitan newspaper in the state of Virginia, has launched a standalone video site called HamptonRoads.tv. The site has local (both professional editorial and user-generated video) and national video (AP video feeds) and will funnel video to its local websites, HamptonRoads.com and PilotOnline.com.
Church of the Customer has an interesting item pointing out that Cooking Light magazine has the right theology: Encourage readers to meet one another via magazine-sponsored "supper clubs." A New York Times article explains how they make money off of the events: McCormick, as a co-sponsor of the magazine-sponsored supper clubs, pays an undisclosed fee…
Matt Cronin, a partner at online marketing firm WebLiquid, emailed an intriguing analysis of the recent Gallup survey on blog audience: Blogs are indeed quickly becoming mainstream but only to the extent that they’ll complement the news picture for those who are interested, simply due to the natural topic/opinion/agenda fragmentation of the blogoshere. While these…
The Center for Media Research reports via email today that: According to JupiterResearch, the number of online adults who prefer the Internet as their main source of news has grown over 35% in the last four years, at the expense of television and newspapers. Currently, over 26% of online adults prefer the Internet for national…