blogger guidelines

    By Jeff Bercovici

    | 6:00PM 12/17/2009
    The movie star could be the first celebrity to run afoul of the commission's stringent new guidelines for paid endorsements. In her lifestyle newsletter, she lavishly praises the newly reopened La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakech -- most likely after a free stay there.

    By Jeff Bercovici

    | 3:15PM 10/06/2009
    Think fast: Which government agency is in charge of regulating journalistic ethics? Okay, sorry, that's a trick question; there isn't one. Or at least it would've been a trick question prior to Monday, when the Federal Trade Commission appointed itself to that role by adopting a new set of...