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This Article Is Miley Cyrus Link Bait

Actually, this article is more of a commentary on collective mental illness, exploitation and mountains made of molehills—no, that's not a boob joke. It's also about invented controversy for the sake of ogling eyeballs and links at the expense of a teenage girl who will be lucky if she's not in rehab on her 18th birthday.

An April Fool's Message To The Blogosphere

The largest of stumbling blocks—well, more like walls—lain in the blogger's path to journalistic credibility has been…journalistic credibility. That concern alone has been the traditional (read: now ye olde school) journalist's trumping objection, a turned up nose progressively shrinking and less relevant. Until today, April Fools Day.You'll have to be patient on this scenic journey with me. We're headed somewhere, I promise. Whether it's some place cool remains to be seen.

Journalists Working Online More And Using Blogs More

The shift from print to online media is giving journalists more responsibility and making them more aware of the commercial side of the business according to the "2008 PRWeek/PR Newswire Media Survey."The survey polled 1,231 journalists including newspaper and magazine journalists, television, radio and online reporters, and bloggers.

CNET Slashing 120 Jobs

Ten percent of the CNET workforce will be hammering their connections for job leads, as the media company trimmed its workforce amid board takeover threats from the Jana Partners hedge fund.

SES NY: Do's And Dont's Of Media And Blogger Relations

It's Time For FCC Chair To Step Down

There's a lot of uncertainty not just in the economy but also in the policies guiding American media, the Internet included. Perhaps to quell some of that uncertainty, the public and government officials should pay close attention to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's opinion…and do the opposite.

Don't Throw Out the Social Media Rulebook Yet...

...use some of it as a reference guide instead.

Social Media Rule Breaking

Conformity often creates a feeling of comfort, but it also starts to generate acceptable social norms that soon become the de facto standard for the way things get done.

Is Facebook Competition For News Sites?

A Swedish newspaper feels it is facing a new kind of competition: Facebook.

Conversation Movement

Jeremiah Owyang has concluded that some conversations are moving to Twitter. He's right.