Martha Stewart dedicated the September 17th episode of the Martha Stewart Show to blogging, and she does a great job of covering the topic for newbies: “I’ve been writing this blog for almost a year now and I have to say that I love being able to communicate so easily on a daily basis. Being in […]

WordPress for iPhone has hit an impressive milestone – it’s been downloaded over 100,000 times. Most of the downloads come from the US, but it’s already in use all around the world.  WordPress for iPhone 1.2 has also been announced. Here’s what you can expect: Landscape Mode for Write Screen Comment moderation Photo uploads at […]

PBS’ Media Shift has published an interesting article that looks at the state of new media education.  Blogger Alana Taylor talks about her experiences in a journalism class at NYU: Professor Quigley begins by explaining how blogs are becoming more important and asks if any of us have a blog. One hand slowly rises. It’s […]

SusanG at The Daily Kos points out an interesting discussion in U.S. News & World Report’s Washington Whispers column: Rocked by warnings that it will cost news organizations $50,000 more per reporter to cover Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain, a growing number of journalists and press pundits are questioning why the media is […]

Six Apart today announced an update to Movable Type and the launch of Movable Type Pro, a new version that’s designed to let you build your own social networking sites.  Or as Six Apart puts it, “think Digg in a box”. What’s New in Movable Type 4.2 Movable Type Pro lets you turn any site […]

Auttomatic has announced that WordPress for iPhone is now available.

It lets you blog from your iPhone and offers support for tags & categories, photo support for both camera phone pics and library photos and support for multiple blogs.

BlogHer, the online community (and conference) for women bloggers, has entered a strategic partnership with iVillage, a subsidiary of NBC Universal and a popular website toward female viewers/readers. The agreement provides iVillage access to BlogHer’s network of 2200 member blogs, and shared promotional and advertising opportunities across BlogHer’s audience. As part of the arrangement, NBCU […]

RawVoice CEO Todd Cochrane got in touch with us a few days ago to alert us to this week’s launch of a new podcast publishing and hosting system via the Blubrry podcast network. Blubrry Podcast Publishing with Hosting is an integrated solution that combines podcast statistics, media hosting, and promotional tools to “grow and support […]

As mainstream media promotes itself to new heights (depths?) over the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Beijing, and with the International Olympic Committee raising hackles with its severe restrictions on blogging, podcasting and new media, it seemed like a good time to look at citizen media efforts coming from China itself. This week’s edition of […]

Remember last month’s blogging can kill you hysteria?

In April, the New York Times ran an exposé on the health risks of blogging. At the time, we were skeptical, and it turns out that our instincts were right.

Researchers now say that blogging is actually good for you.