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Recent media mentions:

(Image: Wally Skalij for the Los Angeles Times.)

New York Times: Nerd Chic Arrives on TV. Link.

Wired: Boing Boing TV Translates 'Wonderful Things' Into Video. Link.

Chicago Tribune: New Boing Boing TV winningly translates superstar blog to daily video format. Link.

Los Angeles Times: BoingBoing.net bounces into TV territory. Link.

Forbes: Top 25 Web Celebs. Link.

New York Press: Pattern Recognition -- Tech expert Xeni Jardin offers a peek into the state of edge culture. Link

New York Times: Popular Web Site Falls Victim to a Content Filter. Link

Current TV: VC2 Survival Guide: "On Storytelling." Link to video.

Los Angeles Times:
"Behold, The Wizard of Blogs."
- Scanned print version with photos, and reg-free story text: Link.
- Text on LATimes.com: Link.

PBS: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer: The Washington Post's Web site recently shut down the viewer comments section of one of its weblogs after an article by the Post's ombudsman caused a flood of complaints. Transcript and archived video: Link

New York Times: Soothe the Blog and Reap the Whirlwind. As shown by an onslaught of negative comments on the Web site of The Washington Post, when people can say anything on blogs, they frequently do.

BBC News: Five Live. Link

Red Herring
Magazine:
profile, "What
Women Want" issue.
Link to jpeg scan.

Fortune Magazine
(cover story):
Why There's No Escaping The Blog.
Link (story PDF)
Cover: (sm | lg) JPEG

TIME: 50 coolest websites -- Boing Boing. Link.

FORBES: Best of the Web -- Boing Boing. Link

Technology Review: Katrina: A Defining Moment for Blogs

Globe and Technology: Internet feeds hunger for storm information

New York Times: But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There?

The Age: Wikipedia Worries

Morning Call:
Boing Boing: what smart people think, as they think it. Link

BBC Radio: Interview, August, 2005. Link (segment begins 40:00 into show)

Women and videogames: KUOW's "The Works". Xeni joins host John Moe and author Brad King for a discussion on women and gaming. "Videogames are a huge industry even though one gender is only minimally represented." Link.

ABC Radio National (Australia) -- All the News that's fit to Blog. Link to transcript, Link to Real Media audio, Link to Windows Media audio.

Voice of America radio: "Talk to America" episode, March 2005: "What the Blog is Going On?"

Audio interview: "The Gadget Show," Podcast Network (Australia), March 2005. Link to transcript and show details, MP3 Link to interview (15.1 MB)

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) :
Boing Boing -- Best of the Blogs
(subscription required, user name "boingboingdotnet" password "boingboing")

BBC News:
'Best blogs on the web' honoured