Jezebel: New Media

Everyone Wants To Be The Oldest Facebook Users' Friend

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:39:00 EST

Since it was reported that 103-year old Lillian Lowe of England is the oldest person on Facebook, Lowe has received 999 friend requests. She says, "They have been very kind and uplifting messages," but, "I can't reply to them all." More »

Ann Taylor's Attempt At Blogger Payola Draws FTC Ire

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EDT

But the agency won't take any action. Ann Taylor recently offered bloggers gift cards in exchange for coverage. Under FTC rules, blogs must disclose their financial relationships with brands; now we just need the same to apply to magazines. [AdAge] More »

Curiouser And Curiouser

Sadie Stein — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Alice in Wonderland, on Twitter. Although what is the use of a tweet, without pictures or conversations? [BlackBook] More »

The Buzz: Honey Finds New Life Online

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:30:00 EST

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"Urban" lifestyle publication Honey — once a hip black ladymag — has had a tortured history, but now will be resuscitated as an online magazine and social network. [MIN] More »

Ashton Kutcher's "Blah Girls" Is A Little Racist & Sorta Blah

Maria — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:30:00 EDT

You may have heard that Ashton Kutcher and his production company, Katalyst Media, have launched a new blog/"web series" called Blah Girls. Taking a dip into the blogosphere waters doesn't exactly seem like a move one would expect from a production company better known for TV shows (such as Beauty and the Geek and Punk'd), which might explain why Kutcher dances around the "blog" word and opts to describe the site as an "interactive, animated Web series based on celebrity culture." Basically, the Blah Girls involves captioned celeb photos, Project Runway roundups, reality TV liveblogs (sounds familiar) as well as a video portion with short "webisodes" of the Blah Girls. Is the site any good? The details on the unfunny jokes, dashes of racism, and gay stereotyping, after the jump. More »