A piece by a New York Times writer drew material from an interview with a blogger who broke the story, but failed to credit him or his blog thanks to an editor’s removal of the reference.
Porn Blogger Has To Pay While Others Get Off
We’ll try to get through this with as few inappropriate cracks as possible. The porn star/blogger Barbie Cummings, the one who a little while back opted out of illegal drug charges will still have to pay her speeding ticket.
Hawaii to Decide if a Blogger is a Journalist
There’s an interesting case, going on in Hawaii, that could have far reaching ramifications for bloggers.
Blogger “W ackos” Upset By Columnist Rant
A popular South African columnists not just reduced the blogosphere to a concert hall of air guitar players (which is pretty funny, you got to admit), but placed anonymous blogger "wackos" in a camp with the Virginia Tech shooter – and not so much in the metaphoric sense.
Blogger Anti-SLAPP Case Angers Munchkin Man
That "Left," the code-named blogger behind StockLemon.com (which is now CitronResearch)doesn’t have many friends in the financial world isn’t what’s important. What is important that Left becomes the first blogger to be protected by Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) laws, at least in California. And The Munchkin Man (to be discussed later) isn’t happy.
Don’t Ignore Blogger Outreach
The issue of blogger outreach has been on the minds of several communication-focused bloggers in the last few days. Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba, from the Church of the Customer blog, posted an item that advised against blogger outreach of any kind:
Goodman Gives Thumbs Up for Blogger Code
When Jimmy Wales and Tim O’Reilly get on the front page of the New York Times… it’s news… to everyone else. There’s been an outpouring of feedback on the proposal for a blogger code of conduct in the wake of rounds of blogger nastiness.
Beal on Blogger’s Code of Conduct
If you’re a long time reader of Marketing Pilgrim, you’ll know my unease with anyone trying to define blogging; who should and shouldn’t blog; and, especially, talk of a “bloggers code of conduct.” So, you can imagine that my Monday morning is not off to a good start, when sipping my coffee I see Tim O’Reilly’s attempt to draft a code of conduct for bloggers.
Google Asked To Reveal Blogger Identity
Another anonymous blogger is in the defamation hot seat after anonymous commentators labeled a local school board member a "bigot," an "anit-Semite," and even "ugly." The target of those words didn’t take kindly to them and is demanding that Google reveal both the identity of the blogger and the commentators.
Unsafe On Blogger: Star Wars, Girlfriends, Drugs
Security firm Fortinet has found a lot of malicious code posted on Google’s Blogger service, with a mass mailer worm directing spam recipients to it in some instances.