The 'Blog News' Category
Posted: Thu 2.15.07 @ 8:25am EST in Blog News, Special
In a press release posted on the Performancing.com site, we learn that the trouble-plagued startup has been acquired by SplashPress Media, the company who owns other notable sites like the Blog Herald.
In the recent past, Performancing has had it’s share of troubles, with failed attempts at selling the site, the CEO leaving, the other principal members threatening to bail, etc.
More news on this as the story develops throughout the blogosphere.
Update 1: Aaron has an exclusive interview with blog broker, David Krug, up at Technosailor. (Thanks Darren)
Update 2: More on the sale of Performancing from the Blog Herald, 901am and Shoemoney.
Performancing, David Krug, Darren Rowse, SplashPress, Technosailor, 901am, Blog Herald, Shoemoney
Posted: Fri 7.7.06 @ 7:38pm EST in Blog News, Scandals, Special
Like a guy on the rebound from losing his girlfriend, Andrew Baron has already chosen a new anchor for the now infamous Rocketboom news vlogging show. It can’t be 100% confirmed yet, but the Huffington Post is reporting that former MTV Europe VJ Joanna Colan will take the anchor chair vacated by Amanda Congdon earlier this week. “Sources familiar with the hire say Colan, formerly the music/DJ curator at Table 50, will begin on Monday, July 10th, when Rocketboom is scheduled to go live again…” Read more »
Posted: Wed 7.5.06 @ 6:04pm EST in Blog News, Special
A bit late on this one, but it seems that internet tv sensation, Amanda Congdon, is leaving Rocketboom to persue bigger and better things in L.A. Here’s a link to her video from earlier today. And here’s a link to the official announcement from Rocketboom.com (c/o Dave Winer at Scripting.com)
Update: Read more »
Posted: Tue 7.4.06 @ 2:51am EST in Blog News
Thought I’d take a break for a few days, with it being Canada day here on July 1 and Independence day in the US on July 4, but looks like I missed out on reporting a lot of really cool news.
Oh well, the time off is doing me good after all the extra work I’ve been doing. There’s nothing like a 4 day bender few days of relaxation to rejuvinate one’s blogging prowess.
Posted: Fri 6.30.06 @ 8:14pm EST in Blog News, Conspiracy
Editorial: Holy crap folks, I honestly thought the pay per post controversy - where companies pay bloggers to write posts and link back to the company - was dead, buried and a distant memory.
I’m not going to link directly t0 the cause of the current shitblizzard that’s brewing, but I’ll link to a few opinion pieces on it. Read more »
Posted: Fri 6.30.06 @ 7:26pm EST in Blog News, Special
From Dave Winer who’s attending Gnomedex right now:
I’m sitting next to John Furrier at Gnomedex and he says he heard from Bob Wyman last night that PubSub has shut down and their engineers have found jobs at other companies.
Posted: Thu 6.29.06 @ 1:30pm EST in Blog News, Launches
Jason Calacanis’ / AOL’s Digg clone (or the answer to all the problems un-pro-edited social news sites have) is now out of beta and is live on the http://www.netscape.com domain. Here’s Jason’s announcement: Netscape Live!
Now, after my previous rant about JC and his new baby, let’s see if I can’t get Bloglogic.net on the front page - without getting edited into oblivion. *Grin*
Posted: Thu 6.29.06 @ 1:09pm EST in Blog News, Blogging, Software
Matt and the gang over at Wordpress headquarters are about to release the next version of Wordpress and are making the call for bug hunters to test the new software. From the Wordpress development blog: Read more »
Posted: Thu 6.29.06 @ 12:42pm EST in Blog News, Business, Tools
The big news around the blogosphere today is centered around the much anticipated Google Checkout service, so I thought I’d do a link roundup of a few of the better blog posts out there. Here they are: Read more »
Posted: Wed 6.28.06 @ 4:37pm EST in Blog News, Politics
Kesher Talk, Vital Perspective and Carl in Jerusalem are liveblogging the ongoing conflicts in Israel.
Israel has bombed two bridges in Gaza and blown up a power generating station. The conflict is heating up and if you want a minute by minute account of the developments, check out the blogs at the links above.
More great examples of how important bloggers and blogs are in our daily lives.
Israel, Gaza, bombings, liveblogging
