To media voyeurs, the name Elizabeth Spiers inspires awe - Fishbowls
The idea is to publish news and gossip about the media business, drawing insiders to the sites -- where advertisers can pitch new jobs to them, among other things.
"We were creating content [for the site] on a daily basis," said Elizabeth Spiers, editor in chief at MediaBistro.com, in an interview. "The blog format allows is to do that throughout the day." MediaBistro.com launches new blogs of voicey writers
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Blog’s Thread Barons
Today presurfer is doing something he never did before.
I'm going to publish just one post, although a very long one. John Walkenbach of J-Walk Blog had a great idea for a new meme. It goes like this:
The goal of this exercise is to identify nine other bloggers that you would like to meet for dinner/drinks. The only caveat is that these bloggers must be strangers, you haven't met them before. State the blogger's name, a link to the blog, and why you would like him/her to be in attendance.
I had the honor to be among the guests that were invited by John. Other bloggers picked up the idea and posted their list of invitees. Taterhead of root.cellar had me on his list too.
• Have Ten Bloggers for Dinner [James Russell, bohemian blogger, librarian, trouble shooter and sometimes disguised as healer especially when he quotes Boynton: One of the reasons I don’t like awards - apart from not winning ! - is the fall-out that can happen, even just on a personal level. Blogs beating blogs, changes the feel of blogging. A potential can of worms about how we actually relate to each other in this world of blogging ]
• · White House-credentialed fake news reporter "Jeff Gannon" from fake news agency "Talon News" was cited by the Washington Post as having the only access to an internal CIA memo that named Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA agent Distributed Journalism: An Example ; Gillmor, Dan; [It's goodbye Stocklands House and hullo Park Street for Phil Scott, the man known to those who worked with him at John Fairfax as "Satan in a Suit" Waving good-bye to the troops in Stocklands House in Castlereagh Street. ]
• · · Bill Ives: have been talking with a lot of business bloggers who are discovering many creative new uses for blogs and have derived real value. Blogs are more than journalism and more than simply a new tech toy. While both of these uses have real value, there is a significant third use, helping businesses and non-profit organizations achieve their goals Thinking Deep
• · · · Elections and politics with a Conservative bent. If you're a political junkie, get your fix here! Senator Boxer Watch ; [Ads: Blogwomen Only ; Error Message Generator for Dragons]
• · · · · When Mark Jen started working for Google Inc. earlier this month, one of the first things he did was create a Weblog where he discussed, among other things, his impressions of a Google sales meeting I goofed ; People are starting Weblogs in growing numbers, but the owner of the content isn't always clear
• · · · · · Your IT support staff know far more about you - and your computer habits - than you realise. They're watching you watching them
