Second Annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo Reveals the Business, Influence and Monetization of Blogging and Social Media (Centre Daily Times)
BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first and only conference dedicated to blogging and new media, is returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 20-21, 2008. Registration is now open for the event at www.blogworldexpo.com. All attendees who register by June 20 will save as much as 50 percent.

Second Annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo Reveals the Business, Influence and Monetization of Blogging and Social Media (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAS VEGAS----BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first and only conference dedicated to blogging and new media, is returning to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sept. 20-21, 2008. Registration is now open for the event at www.blogworldexpo.com.

New Era of Multimedia Blogging Begins With Integration of Magnify Publisher Into WordPress and Movable Type Platforms (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
A new era of multimedia blogging begins today with the release of the Magnify Publisher application for popular blog platforms -- initially rolling out with support for WordPress and Movable Type.

Blogging a Quake, Live from Chengdu (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Song Shi-nan, a blogger from the hipster Bullog blogging community, was blogging in Chengdu when an earthquake began swaying his apartment building and his computer screen on May 12. "I went to the balcony and saw all the buildings around were shaking I rushed downstairs and saw many people gathering there, mostly women, children and elderly. " A few hours after the quake struck, Song wrote, ...

Booted for blogging, ex-Washington Post staffer reacts (Online Journalism Review)
Q&A: Michael Tunison reflects on how his double writing life earned him a pink slip—and an annoying nickname.

Who's Blogging (Washington Post)
Are You in Control of Your Credit? The first e-mail about my column today, Credit Cards Cost, No Matter What, came early at 6:57 a.m. Neal Rubin, a features columnist at the Detroit News, was won over by my argument that even responsible credit card users over spend with plastic. "I thought today...

Neophytes get introduction to blogging (Greenwich Time)
Yesterday was Annie Kirshman's first trip to the Greenwich Library Technology Training Center. The longtime Greenwich resident decided it was the right time to learn about blogging, which she had heard about from her husband.

Growing trend: Blogging about battle of the bulge (Boston Herald)
WASHINGTON - At a time when it seems that someone is blogging about every facet of life, it should come as no surprise that there are a growing number of diet bloggers. ...

Second Annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo Opens Call for Speakers (Centre Daily Times)
BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first and only conference dedicated to blogging and new media, is now accepting submissions for speakers. Those interested in presenting at BlogWorld & New Media Expo can submit online at http://www.blogworldexpo.com/speaker-proposals. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, May 31, 2008. The conference will be held Sept. 20-21, 2008 at the Las Vegas ...

BLOGGING IS IN (Deccan Herald)
Bollywood stars are openly expressing their views on the blogs. Metrolife finds out whether the trend has caught on with the celebrities of the City or not