Rise of the Tech Bandits: John Gruber & Joel Topolsky, the Cool Kids

May 20, 2012 No Comments

Editor’s note: In the Summer 2012 issue of SAY Magazine, Dan Frommer chronicles the history of tech blogging. For the rest of this week, Richard MacManus, who founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003, will be looking back on the early days… Tweet This Post

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Rise of the Tech Bandits: AllThingsD & Sarah Lacy, the Business Reporters

May 18, 2012 No Comments

Editor’s note: In the Summer 2012 issue of SAY Magazine, Dan Frommer chronicles the history of tech blogging. For the rest of this week, Richard MacManus, who founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003, will be looking back on the early days… Tweet This Post

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Rise of the Tech Bandits: Pete Cashmore, the Cyborg

May 17, 2012 No Comments

Editor’s note: In the Summer 2012 issue of SAY Magazine, Dan Frommer chronicles the history of tech blogging. For the rest of this week, Richard McManus, who founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003, will be looking back on the early days… Tweet This Post

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Rise of the Tech Bandits: Jason Calacanis, the Shapeshifter

May 17, 2012 No Comments

Editor’s note: In the Summer 2012 issue of SAY Magazine, Dan Frommer’s cover story Rise of the Tech Bandits chronicles the history of tech blogging. For the rest of this week, Richard MacManus, who founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003, will be looking back on the early days… Tweet This Post

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Rise of the Tech Bandits: Michael Arrington, the Early Years

May 16, 2012 No Comments

Editor’s note: In the Summer 2012 issue of SAY Magazine, Dan Frommer’s cover story Rise of the Tech Bandits chronicles the history of tech blogging. For the rest of this week, Richard MacManus, who founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003, will be looking back on the early days… Tweet This Post

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Tumblr Does Its Own Curating With New Storyboard Project

May 07, 2012 No Comments

Aiming to help curate the site’s vast array of content, Tumblr has launched a new initiative called Storyboard, billed as “tales from behind the dashboard.” The micro-blogging platform and social networking website will be posting regular features from those within the Tumblr community with an interesting story to tell… Tweet This Post

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Tumblr President John Maloney Resigns as Ad Campaign Rolls Out

May 02, 2012 No Comments

This past weekend Tumblr President John Maloney resigned. The news comes only a few weeks after the über-popular, yet utterly profitless, image-heavy blogging platform announced that it would begin selling ads… Tweet This Post

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TypePad Blogs Get More Relevant With Zemanta Recommendations

Apr 28, 2012 No Comments

Life just got a little easier for bloggers who use TypePad. The hosted blogging platform announced that it is integrating Zemanta’s content recommendation tools into its service, which suggests links to related stories from across the Web… Tweet This Post

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Tumblr Holds Its Nose, Opens Back End to Ads

Apr 19, 2012 No Comments

Tumblr has decided to change its tune about ads. Starting May 2, it will sell the featured post spot on the user dashboard to highlight sponsored posts. “We’re pretty opposed to advertising,” CEO David Karp told the Los Angeles Times in 2010… Tweet This Post

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Italy revolts over sneak return of ‘blog killer’ law

Apr 18, 2012 No Comments

Italian bloggers are up in arms after ministers secretly resurrected their attempts to introduce a new law dubbed the “blog killer” by critics. The proposed legislation would force online publications, whether large or small, to amend information on their sites within 48 hours of a complaint — or face fines of €12,000 ($15,700)… Tweet This [...]

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12 Free Tumblr Themes to Class Up Your Blog

Apr 17, 2012 No Comments

1. Watercolor Splash some color over your header with this modern design. The hint of paper texture will do wonders beneath your content. Preview it here. Get it here.Click here to view this gallery.By the end of the year, there may be more people Googling the word “Tumblr” than “blog… Tweet This Post

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So can we stop talking about bloggers vs. journalists now?

Apr 17, 2012 No Comments

The Pulitzer Prize win by the Huffington Post for a series on injured soldiers was hailed by some as a victory for the “blogosphere,” a first-time win of the prestigious journalism award by a “blog… Tweet This Post

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