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Blogging

European And Silicon Valley Culture Clashes Hit The Mainstage

December 13, 2008

Since the LeWeb Conference in Paris has finished up, many Europeans have stated how displeased they were with TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington. The controversy has stemmed from his on-stage behavior and follow up article to the conference, dicsusses the differences between European and Silicon Valley work ethic. To say the least, the conference organizer and [...]

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HuffPost Scores $25 Million

December 1, 2008

The Huffington Post has raised $25 million from Oak Investment Partners at close to a $100 million valuation.
According to Compete, HuffPost edged out DrudgeReport on traffic back in February ‘08 and really widened the gap beginning in August.
Compete also reports that HuffPost’s traffic has seen 600% year-over-year growth.
Score another one for New Media.

AllThingsD, Mashable

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First Yahoo BOSS For Blog Search Hits The Scene. How It Could Be Better

November 26, 2008

TechCrunch launched a very updated search engine for their blog content last night that indexes all posts from each of their sites, not just the flagship. It uses the Yahoo BOSS API (sick)
Once you query something, it can be broken down by author, matching companies from CrunchBase or comments.
The search is far more advanced than [...]

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Shake-Up In Tech Advertising. TechCrunch Rates Slashed, Om Bails On His Network

November 21, 2008

Looks like advertising in the tech world is getting a shake down.
Federated Media, which sells ads across many top tier blogs and websites is showing a 35% cut in TechCrunch CPM rates and Om Malik just announced he is jumping ship from FM to go with the IDG Group.
TehCrunch CPM rates now @ $23.40 down [...]

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A Year Under The Belt, Boing Boing TV Looks At The Year Ahead

November 18, 2008

Boing Boing TV, the video arm of always amazing Boing Boing, celebrated its one year anniversary at the beginning of October.
Today they have announced a new programming schedule:

Monday – Boing Boing General Update w/Xeni
Tuesday – Boing Boing Gadgets
Wednesday – BoingBoing Offworld (all things gaming)
Thursday – Original Programming (mini-documentaries, interviews, etc.)
Friday – Unicorn Chaser

BBTV had a [...]

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