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Fortune.com has an extensive article on the slippery slope effect of relying on the “viral” linking aspect of blogs to promote products, as well as highlighting recent examples of the enormous impact of bloggers’ responses to instances of what they perceive as corporate misdeeds and the marketing of faulty products. Related article from the New …
I am delighted and honored that Dennis Kennedy has chosen beSpacific as the Best Overall Legal Blog for 2004. To be in the company of experts in the legal blogging sphere such as Tom Mighell, Ernest Svenson, Denise Howell, Kevin O’Keefe, Jerry Lawson and Martin Schwimmer is just terrific. I relish spotlighting news, resources and …
The Science Advisory Board is now hosting five unique blogs authored by its members. Science, Politics and Ethics , “Debate current events and controversial issues in science and medicine” Science: Uncovering and Discovering, “Explore the creative and technical sides of science” In Translation: Molecular Approaches to Cancer, “Discuss insights into one of sciences greatest challenges” …
This CBS News article examines the role of blogs and bloggers in the recent political campaigns. Specifically, it spotlights the use of blogs in support of Republican John Thune’s race for the South Dakota Senate seat. The bloggers in question did not provide disclaimers on their respecitve sites indicating they had received payment totaling $35,000 …
From the Introduction to the Becker-Posner Blog: “…We have decided to start a blog that will explore current issues of economics, law, and policy in a dialogic format. Initially we will be posting just once a week, on Mondays. In time we may post more frequently.” The first posting is on Preventive War.
From the National Center for State Courts’ 2004 Report on Trends in the State Courts, see Web Logs: Increasing Courts’ Ability to Quickly Communicate with Constituents (3 pages, PDF): “The courts’ traditional means of communicating with court users are the postal service, the organized media, fax machines, and telephones. In the past decade courts have …
“Blog use has grown significantly in the past year — online consumers who regularly read blogs increased from 2% in 2003 to 5% in 2004. Although half of all online consumers have never heard of blogging, consumers who use blogs will become an attractive target group for marketers. Blogging will grow in importance, and at …
A trio of PowerPoint presentations providing resources on the following timely issues: Corporate Blogging – Sabrina I. Pacifici documents and illustrates how the development and implementation of blogs within your organization can serve as a key application to facilitate research services, knowledge management, marketing, training, and communications within groups, departments, and enterprise wide. Got Competitive …
The Guardian Unlimited newsblog is worth a look. Among its recent postings are this one on a range of blogs from the Ukraine that are tracking and providing perspective and updates on the recent political crisis.
Librarian Trevor Rosen has launched a blog on Maryland Law. Trevor states he “decided to create this blog as a resource for those of us interested in staying up to date on newsworthy Maryland legal developments and new online tools useful to the Maryland legal coummunity. I intend this to be a collaborative project–one that …
According to Bob Ambrogi, his new blog, Media Law, “will track news relating to the First Amendment, access to public records, open meetings laws, journalist shield laws, libel and other such issues, with an emphasis on Massachusetts.” [thanks d.c.] It is off to an informative and fast paced start.
PubSub’s press release indicates the company is tracking “over 6.5 million blogs every day as well as other content streams including 50,000 USENET newsgroups, all SEC/EDGAR filings, press releases from major wire services and FAA airport delay alerts.” [via ResearchBuzz]
