Tag: bloggers

  • Payola, Extortion and Market Correction

    For the last two weeks, I’ve been mulling this concept of market correction as it pertains to the web. There are a variety of stories that have been related, in addition to signatory bubble characteristics that I have observed for some time, but it’s all coming into a lot more focus as time has gone…

  • Sucks to be a Blog Network These Days

    Having come from the blog network space, I have a mostly unique understanding of the difficulties encountered when running a content business. There is always a war between traffic and community, profitability and loss, long term projections and short term realities. It’s not an easy business. It’s even more challenging when you’re a blog network.…

  • Apples and Oranges, the Rise and Fall of Women Bloggers

    I have sat on this post for the past few days because the last thing I want is this post to offend. I’ve tossed around the best way to approach it constructively and in an encouraging way. I’d like to consider myself a “friendly” for women bloggers, so with that context, I hope it is…

  • Brian Beutler, Washington D.C. Political Blogger, Shot

    I want to give a shout out to Brian Beutler of Media Consortium who was shot last night in Adams Morgan. I wrote on it over at Washington Hotlist a few minutes ago. I have never met Brian. I hope to some day and chances are good since he’s in stable condition and expected to…