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Fox News goes 10 for 10!
Source: Politico

Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

How Corrupt is the Digg Home Page?
Source: webpronews.com

A top Digg user with a popular ratio of 34% has been getting paid well for promoting articles on Digg. His/her popularity has allowed numerous stories to reach the Digg Home Page, and when that happens he/she gets paid even more.

Ft. Hard Knox » FHK SitRep 10.02.07: Two Questions for our Readers
Source: FHK

Today, instead of providing information, we need your, the readers', help with a couple of issues we're researching:

A Social-Networking Service With a Velvet Rope
Source: The New York Times

The hottest startup in Silicon Valley — minutely examined by bloggers, panted after by investors — is Pownce, but only a chosen few can try out its Web site. I've managed to get an invite into Pownce and although it looks and works quite nicely, I can't find much use for it  …

Directing Digg
Source: EW.com

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com, talks about why it's good that the site is out of control.

Digg gamers caught in the act
Source: franticindustries.com

A very fresh story in the upcoming list caught my attention because it had amassed a large number of Diggs very fast: 16 diggs in the first 20 minutes.

Collative: Get Your Voice Heard... Or Your Spam

The company called Sequoia who onces had a product that was used for eliminating spammers is now on thin line of helping spammers with the new service that they just launched.

Looks like digg.com could be facing a few lawsuits over AACS key being spread & HD DVD as a format has it's plans to fix the problem
Source: CNET News.com

After the past 2 days of chaos on digg.com over the AACS copy protection key being spread on the news website like wildfire, it's becoming more evident that they are going to be sued.

User rebellion at Digg.com unearths a can of worms
Source: The L.A. Times

Will mobs rule the internet? Another first on the internet - who thought users themselves could stop the code from being taken down?

Digg.com - Offline, HD-DVD's, Rumors and Revolt - Associated Content
Source: Associated Content

Digg.com did go offline last night for a reason. What was it?

The story behind 10 famous entertainment sites
Source: -

History of, and feuds between Something Awful, YTMND, Digg, b3ta, Fark, College Humor, eBaums World, gen[M]ay, The Best Page in the Universe, and Rotten.

Some Bling for Your Blog
Source: The New York Times

Widgets offer peripheral information and fun at the side of sites.

Newsvine vs. Digg- What's the difference & Who will win?

Perhaps this is an unfair question. However, it seems that many have been discussing this in various threads and articles throughout the site. So lets ask ourselves and start a good discussion specifically to address this issue.

NY Times Diggs Newsvine
Source: chadedge.com

NyTimes.com has recently added links to Facebook, Digg, and Newsvine to their featured stories.

"It's counter productive and a waste of time to focus on rights recovery"
Source: Journalism.co.uk

Robert Cauthorn is the president of CityTools. Here he talks about why 'having a conversation with Google' and other rights recovery ideas are not the answer for newspapers wanting to get the best value out of news and classifieds.

Two College Students Sell Over $10,000 Of "goldenseconds" On Their Web Site To Pay For College Educations

Just a few weeks ago Patrick Falls and Ricky Liunarto launched GoldenSecond.com, hoping to sell advertisers spots on goldenseconds.com for video commercials.

What up Revision3.com! Kevin and Jay = Ted Turner 2.o

Perhaps a full blitz of geek pandemonium or just some sloppy code. But when you head over to Revision3.com to check out Kevin Rose's and Jay Adelson new "pod-cast" network site, the anticipation may just kill you. Just to load the domain takes a good 60 seconds.

Digg.com's Kevin Rose responds to user complaints about 'rigged' Digg.com system
Source: Digg

I wrote an article on Newsvine earlier this afternoon about Digg.com users rebelling on Digg.com about 'unfair' gaming of the Digg system. Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, just posted a response on his blog (not because of my Newsvine Column of course!).

Digg.com users rebel. Will Newsvine users follow?

Over at Digg.com this afternoon there's some social unrest in the social media world. You've probably read stories about how a relatively small percentage of Digg.com users are responsible for the majority of the popular posts that people see on the first few pages.

World's most cynical and sarcastic flock to digg.com

You got a good night's sleep for the first time in weeks. Breakfast was delicious, and the commute was shorter than ever.

Does Digg Bury The Truth with a Short Lived Growth Pill?

Digg does not generate a long tail but a short lived, stubby, stinger.

Digg Army: Right in Line at Forever Geek
Source: Forever Geek

Digg engaging in censorship? Two stories with the first 16 diggs exactly the same?

A Better 'Better Digg Blookmarklet'
Source: ki0shi.blogspot.com

A reader, Arphen Lin submitted this bookmarklet that, for convenience, opens digg's page in a new window when you click on it:

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