As rumored, looks like the deal went through – CNET and Reuters confirm. The CNET piece has more about Ask Jeeves’ plans for Bloglines, which will be kept as a separate service. Interesting to note…

You know RSS has arrived when the UK’s Sunday Times starts talking about it. But The Guardian’s digital director, Simon Walden rightly points out that both The Sunday Times and The Times, don’t have RSS…

In case you haven’t seen this weekend’s acquisition news, it looks like Ask Jeeves is going to buy Bloglines. Confirmation is expected on Monday morning.

The Financial Times highlights the PR and commercial impact blogs can have on corporate America. Mike Masnick, chief executive of Techdirt … says most companies are oblivious to blogs and those that are aware do…

Steve Rubel points to an interesting article in Folio about the impact of blogging on magazines. BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Business 2.0 have all embraced it, while others are clearly cautious. “Bloggers are not competitors of…

The poor reputation of PR has long been its source of angst. Recently the actions of Ketchum and the Armstrong Williams ‘Pay for Play’ case have once again brought it ill-repute and embarrassment. It’s not…

This article on CNN highlights the increased influence of blogs on the media (mainly using politics as an example). Key quotes: "Bloggers love to kick mainstream media around," said Howard Kurtz, Media Notes columnist for…

Here’s a great tool to turn Google News searches into an RSS feed so that you can track news in real-time. Useful if you are looking for coverage or just watching particular trends, keywords etc….

BusinessWeek’s Catherine Yang has written a great overview of the challenges facing the FCC during 2005, in the latest edition. Michael Powell’s likely successor is tipped to be the current FCC Commissioner, Kevin Martin, who…

The New York Times summarizes big wig discussions at DAVOS about how digital content will be financed. Not much consensus here beyond acknowledging that broadband, PVRs, blogging and file sharing are affecting revenue streams from…