msm still ganking blog content, eh? it’s so cute!

by Violet Blue on January 22, 2008

The walls are weaker by the moment in the gated community of the fourth estate, but I still feel like us bloggers are the “shock troops” in this whole new media point in history. Point:

Posted by Amy Gahran 1:00:37 PM
Mini-Tidbits: Cribbing from Blogs?
The blog Silicon Alley Insider is a little miffed at the New York Times over attribution.
Yahoo Mass Layoff Plan Confirmed, Exact Number TBD (Silicon Alley Insider): Silicon Alley Insider reported this story extensively before the NYT ran with it. I don’t blame them for getting a bit snarky about how the NYT handled attribution: “Acknowledging that ‘some blogs’ reported potential major layoffs at Yahoo (YHOO) over the weekend, the NYT follows up two days later with its own version of the story — which is almost the same.”

Link. (Extra link insert is mine so you can see how pissed SAI is at the NYT… thanks, Tyler!)

Violet Blue

The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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