Morning Reboot: Monday October 2
Lots happening today, including Yom Kippur. So we'll get right on it. Let's start by cracking open that daily kola nut that is the Morning Reboot.
- The controversial PayPerPost gets $3 million in venture funding. The site gives advertisers a place to hook up with bloggers who are willing to write about their products for a fee. Dave Winer observes that this is a new spin on a very old practice. [BusinessWeek and Scripting News]
- Advertisers can also pay Digg users $20 to post about their products. For the casual clicker, fifty cents a Digg. [Read/Write Web]
- Born-again video podcasters Rocketboom are selling ads for $80,000 per week [MarketWatch]
- Netflix wants to pay you $1 million to improve their movie recommendation engine. Marshall at TechCrunch has an idea or two. [New York Times and TechCrunch]
- Om asks: Do they know 2.0? [GigaOM]
- SSIA: Baseball playoffs start tomorrow! Track the daily news at Ballbug.
