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It’s Official: Bloggers Are Recognized by the FTC

by Roxanne Darling on October 6, 2009

As I have been discussing here in the past few months, the issue of payola, pay-per-post, freebies, and other incentives by marketers to entice blog coverage has come under review of the Federal Trade Commission. They have published new rules covering paid reviews and celebrity endorsements. The vote was 4-0 in favor.
Keep in mind, [...]

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Friday Buzz Report for Bare Feet Blog 080725

by Roxanne Darling on July 24, 2008

I feel like starting virtually very post here with a mea culpa. I have so many blog ideas but often run out of time. After all, we also produce an almost daily video podcast which takes a couple of hours each, and now I am helping to create the unconference PodCamp Hawaii. Of course I [...]

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Reporting Standards Bloggers v Journalists

by Roxanne Darling on February 1, 2008

This is an ongoing discussion, and @astrout, one of the people I follow on Twitter, is putting together a summary of this debate. Please read his post (I’ll update this one with a link after it’s published next week) for the full monty! No links here as this is a Rox Opinion Piece.
While I understand [...]

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