Microsoft Grabs Stake In CareerBuilder

As Microsoft preaches its advertising solution virtues to the masses, they have put some more money in the collection plate of the three major newspaper publishers who back online classifieds site CareerBuilder.

Encyclopedia Of Life Is Born

The Encyclopedia of Life, which intends “to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth,” was launched today.  And as fascinating as this story is from any standpoint, it may also lend some perspective on issues raised by sites like Wikipedia.

SEW Live – Marketers: Digg Is Done, YouTube Won

Marketers should think twice before focusing on Digg.com to produce traffic. Search Engine Guide Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Laycock began her presentation at the Search Engine Strategies SEW Live one-day event in Columbus, OH, with that theme in mind.

Last.fm Adds Video

Online radio and social music networking site Last.fm is introducing video recommendations to their site this week.

Variety EIC Attacks Movie Blogs

Longtime Hollywood insider and Variety editor in chief Peter Bart took on the blogosphere and the rights of bloggers with a decidedly negative take; a pair of movie bloggers took him to the editing room and trimmed him down to size.