“I’ll blog for food.”
Bloggers Must Disclose Sponsored Posts
The Examiner is carrying an Associated Press piece in today’s paper: Technology: “Bloggers Must Disclose Sponsored Posts.”
My initial reaction was, “Well Duh!” Good grief; of course a blogger must disclose for pity sake. This is a no-brainer. This kind of stuff in the blogosphere makes my head hurt.
In the interest of full disclosure, I only wish I had this problem, but I don’t.
I’ll disclose right here and right now, that my blogs, “Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies” and “Kevin Dayhoff.com” and the “New Bedford Herald” are all supported by wife making me step-away from the keyboard from time to time at which time she will feed me spaghetti, yogurt, or macaroni and cheese or we’ll go out to eat.
In other words, “I’ll blog for food” and be more than happy to disclose…
Cheese blintzes or potato latkes are always welcome. I’ll blog “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” along with going on trial for writing it and defend myself against Kate Millet for steak and eggs and grits - - lots of grits. Throw in some southern sweet iced tea and I’ll keyboard in the rain to write “Rain” and only wish I got paid as well as Somerset Maugham. I’ll take my chances with “The Lottery” for a grilled cheese sandwich. I’ll write (and of course, disclose) most anything ya want for rice pudding. I’ll keyboard “Heart of Darkness” from experience for ice cream.
Yep folks, it is all about food. And yes I’ll disclose.
Oh, the Winchester Report is a blog for which I am paid by the Westminster Eagle, a Patuxent Publishing paper, which is owned by Tribune. A point of which I can only imagine is obvious since it is hosted on the paper’s web site…
I could not agree more with the comment by David Sifry, the founder Technorati. See it below.
Bloggers Must Disclose Sponsored Posts
http://www.examiner.com/a-467462~Bloggers_Must_Disclose_Sponsored_Posts.html
By ANICK JESDANUN, The Associated Press Dec 20, 2006 1:26 PM
NEW YORK - A company that helps advertisers connect with bloggers willing to write about their products for payment will now require disclosures amid criticism and a regulatory threat.
[…]
David Sifry, founder of the blog search site Technorati, praised PayPerPost's move.
"Overall, this is an encouraging and long-awaited change," he said. "I think that people have learned that without trust, all posts become suspect. ... By encouraging honesty and transparency in sponsored posts, PayPerPost adds (some) clarity to the waters they muddied when they launched six months ago."
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