Joe Lance of “the pulse” in Chattanooga has a good opinion piece on the Sunshine law “reform” called “A Quorum, a Forum, or a Threesum?” Lance is one of many disturbed by a state legislative committee’s Sunshine Sausage. Update: Trace...

Just for Scripps watchers: E.W. Scripps’ turn at UBS Media Week: PaidContent.org: E.W. Scripps; Bolt-On Acquisitions; Keeping Shopzilla. As an aside, I think writer Joe Weisenthal thought DIY’s Blog Cabin, which is being done in the Townsend area, is interesting....

Mashable covers Scripps Networks and Maven and muses about potential.

Dan “Dan Traveling” McCoig emailed to say he has a new video up. This one is on Mabry Mill along the Blue Ridge Parkway. He’s got a good series of videos going. The video explains the origin of the saying...

This is too funny – and too true. Update : The video in the link has been taken down by YouTube. The creators say they were doing parody and had a fair use right to the content they used. Someone...

Sports TV personality Stephen A. Smith on a blogger-free world: “And when you look at the internet business, what’s dangerous about it is that people who are clearly unqualified get to disseminate their piece to the masses. I respect the...

Hey, you gotta try this; it’s powerful. Dave Mastio, who’s behind the software engine that powers the Knoxville Blog Network, has unleashed a new tool on his main BNN site and the Knoxville Blog Network called Feed Central. He said...

Led Zeppelin at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo? John Battelle says naw.

The Dec. 10 issue of Forbes magazine list features a Knoxville non-profit under the heading of “This Is Charity?” The magazine says the Knoxville-based Youth Development Fund of Richard Bowen raised $3.1 million, but only had 19 percent left after...

First Amendment 1; Facebook 0 Privacy 0; Facebook $100000000000 … The details. An observation on just between us weasels your’re a weasel and a great set of links from Rex Hammock.