Sean Blanda

Every day, I comb through over 300 blogs in search of media and journalism-related news. Below are my recommended links for today. For more, subscribe to the eMediaVitals Daily Buzz or follow me on Google Reader.

• Philadelphia lands bumper first-round haul - MLS - ESPN Soccernet
  union! soccer! Woot!
• Mass. Murdoch paper begins charging for content
• This One Takes The Cake
  consumer whore....
• Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected
  "I always carry a few Linux live CDs with me. In a durable plastic case, they fit well in the pockets of cargo pants"
• How Time decided to move in to tell Detroit's stories | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
  Time inc. buys a house.
• Facebook's Legal Foes Now Get Their Own Asses Sued Off
• Breaking News Into Big Bucks
  "news organizations are forced break out of their molasses schedules".... what?
• WooThemes Expands To ExpressionEngine; More Themes Coming
  Every serious local blogger owes WooThemes a huge thank you, including Technically Philly.
• American Idol Draws Largest African-American Audiences
• Is the Internet Finally Robbing the Greedy Financier’s Gravy Train?
  "The most amazing thing about the Internet is how many industries it’s wrecked."
• The lesson from two lemonade stands
  Can we all agree that Seth Godin is on a Cal Ripken-like streak of quality insights about our world?
• Kurt Warner, The Great Unknowable Freak Of The NFL - Kurt - Deadspin
  "a sort of willful, self-imposed ignorance that allows a guy to both believe in an invisible man on a cloud AND play a really violent game in a perpetual state of calm"
• Teaching entrepreneurial journalism
• You should lead from the middle
  After I flame out from journalism, I'm writing a book about the "Gen Y" label and how lame it is that we don't even get our own generation name.
• Guardian Media Acquired PaidContent For $6.5 Million, Not $30 Million
• Eventbrite Adds Former Ticketmaster CEO Sean Moriarty To Its Board
• Advice for Sports Sections: Lay Off Travel, Game Stories
• Scotland Yard Nabs Escapee Who Taunted via Facebook
• Who's with COCO?
  The best Obama parody I've ever seen.
• Local journalists win Knight community grants