Once blogs 'change everything', fascination with them will chill
These days, the hype about blogs is off the charts. And you know what that usually means: Run for cover, because a bubble is going to burst and make a big mess. Just about everybody is either celebrating blogs or worrying about blogs, which are essentially online journals. A couple of weeks ago, BusinessWeek ran a cover story titled, "Blogs will change your business," in which the magazine likened blogs to the invention of the printing press.
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Bloggers seeking protection from federal regulators
Bloggers who built their Internet followings with anti-establishment prose are now lobbying the establishment to protect their livelihoods from federal regulations. Some are even working with lawyers, public-relations consultants and a political action committee to do it.
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Brave new world of blogging; young users boldly exposed
CHICAGO - Blogs are everywhere - increasingly, the place where young people go to bare their souls, to vent, to gossip. And often they do so with unabashed fervor and little self-editing, posting their innermost thoughts for any number of Web surfers to see.
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Everyone's Blogging
CEOs have them. Struggling artists have them. They're Web logs and they're changing the way people get information. Do you have one?
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Report highlights blog censorship
Bloggers are now prey to government censorship as much as journalists in traditional media, a report says.
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Blog worried boss, McDonald's say
A McDonald's employee who blogged about his Kaitaia workplace caused concern with the "menacing" tone of his blogs, a lawyer for the fast food restaurant says.
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Blogger arrests hit record high
More than 64 people have been arrested for using blogs as a means of protest since 2003, finds a US report.
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