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Scandal has broken at ScienceBlogs as parent company Seed launched a nutrition blog authored by Pepsi. Until now, ScienceBlogs has distinguished itself with authoritative research-based content. Now the bloggers who labour under the ScienceBlogs banner are quitting, slowing down, or otherwise protesting the new blog. And Seed chair Adam Bly's response does nothing to mollify. This post is a good wrap with many links to member reaction. See also this summary from the Guardian. But probably the most scathing remark is from Knight: ScienceBlogs Trashes Its Bloggers Credibility. Ouch.

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