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A change in how State House credentials are issued has not resulted in the rejection of applications from bloggers and other non-traditional media sources.
More on those criminal checks on the media
A spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O’Malley has elaborated on the issue of criminal background checks for reporters that went into effect today. Last week, the state announced new procedures for issuing media credentials to reporters who cover the State House and state government. The badges issued by the state allow reporters to move freely between […]
A press pass for SCOTUSblog?
Here we go with another round of Bloggers Seeking Press Credentials. Only this time, this argument is in front of the top court in the land.
AOL wins, bloggers lose over Huffington Post payment suit
NEW YORK — The Huffington Post doesn’t have to pay bloggers for providing content for its website in part because they knew from the start they wouldn’t be paid and could have taken their work elsewhere, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl dismissed a lawsuit that bloggers filed last year. The […]
Think before you post
A friend of mine mentioned recently that people generally either don’t use social media at all or use it as a replacement for traditional networking. (Actually, she will now be writing an article on that hypothesis for an upcoming issue of the MSBA YLS’s Advocate. Keep an eye out for that.) That said, we’re all […]
Why are toys selling out? Might be mommy blog buzz
Emily Vanek is not buying up a bunch of LeapPad Explorers herself, but she may be at least partly to blame for some stores selling out of the $99 children’s tablet this holiday season. “The LeapPad is incredible,” the Denver mother of three boys wrote to the 6,000 readers of her ColoradoMoms.com blog. “Not only […]
Editors’ note: A new ‘Generation’ of bloggers
‘Generation J.D.’ is getting new voices. You’ll meet our new bloggers throughout this week and next week as our regular contributors continue to write about their lives as young lawyers. You can learn more about all of our bloggers here. Our thanks to Allie, Jason, Keith, Lila, Rob and Ryan for helping to launch and […]
