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Philly To Charge Bloggers $300/Year

The Philadelphia City Paper is reporting that Philly is requiring bloggers to get a $300 business license in order to operate their blogs. This seems kind of outrageous to me but may be a sign of things to come for the world of blogs.  I’m actually surprised at how many small readership blogs have advertising. I can’t imagine most of them are making more than a couple bucks a year. In my opinion, blogging makes a terrible business but it makes a great avenue for community involvement, personal discipline and just all around fun/Down To Earth. More here.

Question: Would you blog if you had to pay your city $300 -- or a lesser amount -- to do so?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.