Blogosphere

Oxford University Press Monitoring the Blogosphere for New Words
A short entry on OxfordMail. (August 17, 2007)

Former Gizmodo Editor Blasts Gadget Bloggers and Gadget Nerds
Gizmodo editor emeritus Joel Johnson has blasted gadget bloggers and gadget nerds in a new rant posted on Gizmodo called Horshoes and Hand Grenades. (February 17, 2007)

Samuel L. Jackson Say Blogosphere Again T-shirts
A t-shirt being sold at CoolestShop. (January 11, 2007)

CNET and TechCrunch in Cross-Snipe
A snarky post on CNET by CNET's Caroline McCarthy said that TechCrunch needs a copy editor because a Crunchnotes post misspelled BitTorrent in the headline. (November 29, 2006)

New Republic Terminates Lee Siegel's Blog
The New Republic announced that they have suspended Lee Siegel and terminated his blog, Lee Siegel on Culture. (September 2, 2006)

Blogosphere Still Doubling Every Six Months
David Sifry, the CEO and founder of Technorati, has posted another State of the Blogosphere report. (April 17, 2006)

President Bush Approves of the Ether Space
President Bush appears to approve of blogs that exist on the "ether space" and the growing competition for getting people's attention that professional bloggers and the mainstream media face. (March 1, 2006)

The Meaning of the Blogosphere is 42
Duncan Riley ends his commentary at the Blog Herald with the answer to the meaning of the blogosphere. (February 25, 2006)

Blogosphere Continues to Grow
Technorati's CEO David Sifry says "The State of the Blogosphere is Strong" in his latest "State of the Blogosphere" posts. (February 6, 2006)

The Blogosphere and the Mohammed Cartoons
Bloggers are discussing the widespread outrage in the Islamic world about cartoons that were recently republished in several European newspapers. (February 3, 2006)

The Greatest Trade Show and Circus On Earth
BusinessWeek's Stephen Baker, who also blogs at Blogspotting with Heather Green, has a good article about how startups can use the blogosphere to promote their new company providing they are aware of the risks involved. (November 9, 2005)

BlogOn 2005: Conference and Blog
BlogOn 2005 is a conference covering the business of social media. (August 23, 2005)

Study: Just 2% Read Blogs Regularly
A Forrester Research survey of 68,664 households found that a mere 2% read blogs once a week or more. (August 7, 2005)

Blogosphere Expanding at Rate of One Blog Per Second
The blogosphere is expanding at the rate of 1 bps or one blog per second. (August 2, 2005)

Boing Boing Pulling Away From Rest of Blogosphere?
Boing Boing's traffic continues to grow despite growing competition. (June 24, 2005)

WSJ: Blogosphere Too Wild For Advertisers
A new Wall Street Journal article discusses advertising and weblogs. (March 25, 2005)