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MEDIA BLOGGERS ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES EDUCATION, LEGAL ADVISORY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR BLOGGERS
Blogger to get access to same sorts of training, legal support and insurance long available to traditional media organizations
Newsweek and MBA create a Ruckus on Newsweek.com
MEDIA BLOGGERS ASSOCIATION JOINS WITH NEWSWEEK TO LAUNCH 'THE RUCKUS,' A NEW GROUP POLITICS BLOG
THE RUCKUS FEATURES GUEST BLOGGERS FROM THE LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER-PLUS KEY PRIMARY STATES
MBA Blog Aggregator Available on PBS All-American Forum Web Site
The Media Bloggers Association Aggregated Feed is Live on PBS.org web site.
The MBA and PBS have once again teamed up to provide an aggregated feed of live-blogging posts for the PBS All-American Forum hosted by Tavis Smiley. More than 40 bloggers, will be covering the action live from Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. The feed can be found here
MBA Press Release: PBS to Credential Bloggers for Republican Presidential Forum
Media Bloggers Association to assist PBS in processing requests for media credentials from bloggers.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY, September 14, 2007 – PBS has set aside a limited number of media credentials for bloggers who wish to cover the upcoming "ALL AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL FORUMS ON PBS†hosted by Tavis Smiley, to be held September 27, 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Candidates scheduled to appear next week are
MBA Press Release: PBS to Credential Bloggers for Next Week's Democratic Presidential Forum
Media Bloggers Association to assist PBS in processing requests for media credentials from bloggers.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY, June 20, 2007 – PBS has set aside a limited number of media credentials for bloggers who wish to cover the upcoming "ALL AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL FORUMS ON PBS†hosted by Tavis Smiley, to be held June 28th, 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET at Howard University in Washington, DC. Candidates scheduled to appear next week are U.S. Senator Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, former U.S. Senator John Edwards, former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Senator Barack Obama and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
Associated Press To Carry Bloggers' Coverage of Libby Trial
For Immediate Release
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Meshmedia Strategies
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Wire service partners with Media Bloggers Association to put bloggers' coverage of high-profile trial of former Cheney aide on more than 600 newspapers' websites.
WASHINGTON DC, January 23, 2007 - The Associated Press has partnered with the Media Bloggers Association to distribute its members' coverage of the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, to the news organization's member websites, the bloggers group announced today.
MBA Member Hit With Multi-Million Dollar Federal Lawsuit
MBA Member Lance Dutson who blogs at Maine Web Report was recently served with a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Maine. The lawsuit alleges copyright infringement and defamation for reporting and commentary written and published by Dutson on his blog.
"This case is nothing more than an attempt by a deep-pocketed litigant to bully a blogger for criticizing state officials and state contractors"", said MBA President Robert Cox. "We have successfully defended MBA members in nine previous cases and I don¹t expect the outcome here to be be any different."
