| Political blogs: Why the internet frightens politicians (Daily Telegraph) Many UK voters are using the internet to make their voices heard, says leading Tory blogger Iain Dale – but our political parties show few signs of taking up the opportunities available online us.rd.yahoo.com |
NASTY (The New Straits Times--All the News that Matter) SAVE Planet Earth, it is the only planet with your ugly face." "What most gay? You're a gay itself." When these mocking messages appeared on student Choo Hwei Ming's weblog in May, he was neither shocked nor angry. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Media Blogs & Sites (Circulation Management) Forbes Media announced it has acquired Clipmarks , a service that enables people to clip and share text and other content from Web pages. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. us.rd.yahoo.com |
South Africa: Avusa Fires Journalist for Blogging (AllAfrica.com) The firing of Sowetan sub-editor Llewellyn Kriel yesterday, Thursday, 29 November 2007, by Avusa (formerly Johncom) is a huge talking point in the media community and has been picked up by Arthur Goldstuck's Amablogoblogo, where he has highlighted how the case illustrates the conflict of new and old media. us.rd.yahoo.com |
To Cut or What? The World Butts In An increasing number of Internet users are polling online to decide whether to trim or grow, to shave or cultivate a goatee. nytimes.com |