The b5media blog network has released an update on the BNC, which is going to be held on March 10 from 6pm to 9pm.

Included in their blog post was the event sched:

6-6:15- networking

6:15-6:45- Jeremy’s Intro, State of Industry talk

6:45 to 7:00: Lijit demo

7:00 to 7:30: Making Money/Monetization

7:30- 7:45: Outbrain Demo

7:45: 8:15: Growing Traffic

7:15 to 8:30: Picapp Demo

8:30 to 9:00- Business Issues

The Know More Media blog network has organized their 100-plus blog force into 16 topical business channels, or categories. Some of these channels:

Communications

Customer Service

Education/Self-Improvement

Finance/Banking

International Business

Internet/E-commerce

The Beauty Blog Network (BBN) has added a new member into its ranks in the past few days:

• The Daily Cookie—“Bringing you daily morsels of anything and everything!”

Congrats to both The Daily Cookie and BBN.

Major blogosphere player b5media has added a new blog—JLoStalker.com.

As b5media describes their new site: “We have hustled to get this out, and apparently JLo is in the hospital today to have her babies, so we have made it just under the wire!  Cherie Burbach is our writer here, and she will be keeping up with all of the latest news with Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and their twins.”

The College Blog Network has introduced a slew of features, as well as an easier-to-use interface. Quoting TCBN’s official blog:

TCBN is getting leaner and meaner and the new interface will not only allow you to navigate the site easier, it will also give you a snapshot of what is happening on The College Blog Network at any time.

Bloggy Award, a property of blog network Splashpress Media has spruced up its awards by coating it with cash. Yep, outstanding bloggers now won’t be receiving nominal recognition only!

The Gold Bloggy Award comes with $100 in cash for the winning blog of the month, once the award badge is placed on the awardee’s site.

The Silver Bloggy Award comes with $50 in cash for the runner-up, once the award badge is placed on the awardee’s site.

The Beauty Blog Network (BBN) has welcomed two new members into its fold in the past few days:

• Stylebell Blog—“Your premier hair resource. Featuring reviews on the best ceramic flat irons, ionic hair dryers, nano technology curling irons, hair styling tips, celebrity styles, how-to videos, beauty tips, hair loss info and more!”


• Raging Rouge—“The author of Raging Rouge is a self-professed beauty addict, and writes unbiased product reviews each weekday.”

Blog network Splashpress Media strengthened one of its main workhorses, Performancing.com, with the launch of its “Services” arm. The services consist of three areas:

• Authority Builder—“Authority Builder is a 12 month service plan that will make your website stand out from the crowd. We take a carefully crafted, multi-faceted approach that will drastically increase the overall reach and influence of your site.”


• Blog Management Services—“With three distinct services, our team of specialists can help you launch a new blog, run your blog for you or give your blog a one-time reboot that will rev up your blog’s revenue and traffic and put it on the path to greater success. “


• Social Media Marketing—“Our Social Media Marketing service turns your website into an attention magnet, driving a flood of new users and new links to your website. Plus you get a long-lasting boost in search engine visibility, rankings and traffic.”

Visit Performancing Services.

The Syntagma blog network has let the world take a sneak peek into its future plans, even as people prepare for that much thrown-around word, “recession”:

We have lots of plans going forward including a new site, Sideways Health, which we hope to launch next week +. This could develop into a mega health site on the one domain, which will be a departure for us.

There’s also our private subscription retail information site to roll out next month, which will probably be the flagship of the business in coming months.

We’ve switched to retrench mode, clearing away all debts, diversifying our interests and cutting costs sharply. We’re confident it will do the trick even if another dotcom crash is imminent.

The Green Options blog network celebrated its first anniversay last February 5, and looks all set to launch new sites in the weeks ahead.

Quoting the Green Options press release:

Environmental web portal Green Options is celebrating its one-year anniversary today, February 5. In addition to a year of great environmental news and discussion from its writers and visitors, Green Options is proud to have created the first green blog network in December of 2007 (as announced on Blog Network Watch). Visit the site today for posts reviewing the events of the last year, and look for new blogs on important environmental topics to be added to the network in the coming weeks.