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August 16, 2004

Christian Crumlish

Warner Bros. dabbles in the MP3-blogging space as a p.r. strategy (paging Steve Rubel) and gets a bit burned by the experience, according to this New York Times article: Warner's Tryst With Bloggers Hits Sour Note.

I'll have to check out J.D.'s coverage of this story.

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Posted by xian at August 16, 2004 1:17 PM

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Steve who?

Posted by: Steve Rubel at August 16, 2004 4:12 PM

Were your ears burning?

Posted by: xian at August 20, 2004 8:51 AM

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