Blogs

Day to Day , February 21, 2007 Two bloggers working for former Sen. John Edwards’ campaign resigned last week, after Christian political activists accused the duo of making anti-Catholic remarks in their personal blogs. One of those bloggers, Amanda Marcotte, speaks with Madeleine Brand.

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Senate panel approves cyber-bullying proposal 
After hearing a county prosecutor describe “a level of brutality [that is] shocking and alarming” in adolescent “cyber bullying,” a Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would require all Minnesota school districts to include “Internet use” and “electronic forms” of intimidation in existing anti-bullying rules. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom, who has become one of the state’s …

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT) Teams With Voxant in Bid to Reach Non-Traditional Online Media Outlets 
Voxant, creator of the Viral Syndication Network(TM) for online news and TheNewsRoom (http://www.thenewsroom.com/), announced today that McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT) has joined the network to expand its content distribution to thousands of new Web sites and blogs.

Learn about Web Blogs 
The Rochester Chapter of the American Marketing Association is holding a special seminar on blogs and social media proactivity. Participants will learn all about blogs and how they work and also how to best use them.

Blogs can bite back: US presidential candidates learn 
A controversy which has flared over two bloggers working for the campaign of US presidential hopeful John Edwards has highlighted the pitfalls facing candidates as they embrace the Web to reach voters.

Social Media, Blogs and Online PR: Their Power 
When you attend conferences, read blogs or popular search marketing sites you’ll find plenty of subject matter experts in search marketing tactics ranging from search engine optimization to pay per click to local marketing and social media. It’s great to get those specific perspectives, but I get a lot of feedback from businesses that appreciate a more holistic approach to marketing online. …