links for 2008-07-16

• Internet Famous: Julia Allison and the Secrets of Self-Promotion
  Yes. The Wired article.
  (tags: blog bloggers blogging culture marketing social Wired famous socialmedia Internet self-promotion)
• Microsoft alarms over outsourcing – Entertainment News, Business News, Media – Variety
  “Spurned suitor Microsoft painted an alarmist portrait of Yahoo’s outsourcing deal with Google during congressional antitrust hearings on Tuesday. Google and Yahoo execs, on the other hand, described the alliance as good for consumers.”
  (tags: Google Yahoo! Microsoft search advertising business)
• ‘Wall Street Journal’ to Raise Cover Price, Again – Media Blog – Jeff Bercovici – Mixed Media – Portfolio.com
  “Rupert Murdoch must think highly of the changes he’s made to The Wall Street Journal: He expects readers to pay one-third more for it.”
  (tags: RupertMurdoch WSJ newspapers media news)