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Blogger Disclosure Tuesday a Small Storm of Sad

Ryan Tate · 12/01/09 08:07PM

FTC regulations on blogger payola and freebies went into effect today, and bloggers have gotten busy disclosing their "material connections" to the people and companies they write about. Most of what's been disclosed is small-time, slapdash or downright stress inducing.

Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic

Ryan Tate · 10/06/09 12:09PM

Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke has always been cagey about her Web traffic. But having sold her website, the stabby gossipmonger can't keep her numbers private any longer. All she can do is try and push them up. Which we'd recommend.

Sell Your Twitter Soul for $100 Per Tweet

Ryan Tate · 08/04/09 03:14PM

Shilling has never looked more attractive: Amid an old-media depression, "sponsored" blogging company Izea thinks it can get you around $1 per character to sell out on Twitter.

Google Planning to Rob Bloggers to Pay New York Times

Owen Thomas · 05/14/09 03:49PM

Give the newspaper bosses this much: In their desperation to fix their dying businesses, they are going after logical targets. Google's rise has exactly nothing to do with their fall — but Google has money.