Daily Archives: Friday, November 17, 2006

It’s time for me to leave for the day

Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 by Rex Hammock

The following is a link to an AP story about a very serious and tragic topic, however when I saw the headline in my RSS newsreader, I thought it was a Thanksgiving cooking feature with a too-clever copy editor filling … Continue reading →

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How much is the rexblog community part of it worth?

Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Update: Since posting the following, I’ve been informed that, contrary to the reports mentioned below by TechCrunch and ValleyWag, Yahoo’s only purchase today was of Bix.com. (Also, I’m impressed with PR folks who work late on Friday nights.) Okay, raise … Continue reading →

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Utterly shameless self-promotional post

Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 by Rex Hammock

A very sincere thanks to the folks at BtoB Online‘s Media Business magazine for including me again this year in their “Who’s who in business media.” Color me clueless, but at the American Business Media’s top-management meeting earlier this week … Continue reading →

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How to pre-launch a blog — offer an RSS feed

Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Search engine guru Danny Sullivan recently left a website/blog company he helped make one of the biggest brands in that niche with his writing and conference-hosting. He’s announcing that on December 11, he’ll be starting a new blog-venture called Search … Continue reading →

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Almost famous

Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Via Nashville blogger Sharon Cobb, I see that former Nashville blogger and now Manhattan blogger Joey Hood (a.k.a TvOnTheFritz) has visions of Cameron Crowe disco’ing in his head. He now has his first Rolling Stone (.com) by-line.

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Jason Calacanis matters

Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 by Rex Hammock

I’ll point to the New York Times story on Jason leaving AOL. Jason pointed to it also, but promises more later today. A few months ago, at Wikimania, in serendipitous fashion, Jason and I found ourselves in a conversation with … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-11-17

Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Circulation Bureau Goes Tender and Tough | WWD.com The Audit Bureau of Circulations appears to be taking a carrot-and-stick approach in its ongoing drive to get more accurate data from publishers. (tags: magazines audit circulation) The Evolution of Wikis Into … Continue reading →

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