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Is TechCrunch Really Suing Facebook For $25 Million?

Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington has a post announcing that his company is suing Facebook for $25 million for allowing "advertisers to post ads using my picture and name to endorse their products without my explicit permission."

Lord Of The Blogs - The Battle For Attention

In the nearly three years this writer has been diligently typing away, we witnessed cute and compelling blogs grow into the kind of pre-pubescent youth who rationalize violence as a way of dominating their little island.

Terms of Use - What Envelopes are Being Pushed?

Quite a major kerfuffle has developed in the past 24 hours over Facebook booting Robert Scoble out of the social network. Facebook sent him an email that accused him of running an automated script which is in violation of Facebook’s terms of use.

BlogWorld: Cult Of Blogging, Minus Two Members

In a session called “The Cult of Blogging,” the sect turned out to be a little smaller than expected; out of three scheduled speakers, only one managed to show up.  Om Malik gets a pass - the poor fellow apparently threw his back out - but Michael Arrington simply forgot to come, leaving us with Leo Laporte and surprise guest Justine Ezarik.

Is Arrington About To Sell Out?

It wasn't long ago a couple of analysts pulled a few blogs to the air hose and blew up their valuations. Michael Arrington's TechCrunch was among them with an MSRP of $100 million and CNet the prime candidate to buy. Then, this morning Arrington said something very curious.

It's Hard To Settle Quietly In The Blogosphere

Call it the latest in castoffs of a litigious society, or maybe a lesson in the new transparency the Internet allows. Simpler, if you want to keep a legal threat quiet, make sure your threat is a) valid and b) not made to a blogger with a history of telling everybody about legal threats.

Values And Egos Inflate: The Bubble Returns

A $750 billion Google? A $15 billion Facebook? $100 million for TechCrunch? Valuations like these are inspiring one of three reactions: laughter; elation; and déjà vu all over again. Even as that word is at the back of everyone's (well, at least the skeptic's) mind, some analysts say fat times are ahead in e-commerce.

I Want to Be Like Mike

There are many successful bloggers that I look up to and constantly track their every move - although I’m not quite stalking them yet.

The Politics of the Blogosphere

Candidates for political office often run advertisements that portray opponents in a damaging light. Likewise, bloggers are beginning to take an increasing amount of liberty in their negative portrayal of certain individuals who are viewed as influential throughout the blogosphere.