Big news this morning in the online content and advocacy fields — AOL is buying HuffingtonPost for $315 million, meaning that a site that’s become a prime outpost for liberal-oriented commentary and news is coming coming under the wing...
The latest from E.pol contributor Henri Makembe. Check out more from Henri at LocalPoliTechs and Twitter, plus his previous contributions to Epolitics.com If You Can’t Beat ’em, Join ’em: Baltimore Sun Offers Blogs to All Maryland...
We don’t know the actual truth, since the Other Half of the equation is denying all knowledge, but South Carolina blogger Will Folks is claiming that he had an “inappropriate physical relationship” with Republican gubernatorial...
Be sure to catch this article from the February issue of Politics Magazine, particularly if you’re looking for examples of how even a relatively small online ad buy can reverberate across the media landscape. Late last year, longtime CNN host...
Here’s a sign that the Tea Party movement intends to be a force in politics for years to come — some of its leaders are trying to build the foundation of a powerful online fundraising and organizing presence. Some hints about what...
A follow-on to Thursday’s Ten Rules for Blogger Outreach and Friday’s blogger relations training. Links (in all cases, YMMV) Wikio’s List of Top Political Blogs The world’s 50 most powerful blogs BlogAds (Sells ads on blogs...
Because I’m doing a blogger relations training on Friday, and because everyone loves a good Ten Rules piece, let’s do… Ten Rules for Blogger Outreach 1. Know Your Targets How do you know whom to pitch if you’re not following...
Also published on techPresident and K Street Cafe Another Twitter-inspired idea from Thursday’s CAP/Internet Advocacy Roundtable discussion: when Alan Rosenblatt talked about Tweeting to “influence the influentials,” he...
Pittsburgh beckons! I’ll be off to Netroots Nation shortly — our panel’s at 10:30 tomorrow morning, so swing on by if you’re in the neighborhood. But before I leave, here are a handful of stories from over the weekend that...
Advocacy campaign sites are a distinct breed — whether about human rights or business taxes, they generally do the same things and even usually LOOK quite similar. Why? For one thing, hard experience: online organizers have now had enough...