Blog network b5media has beefed up its Travel & Culture Channel with the addition of The Toronto Traveler, which covers the city where b5media is headquartered. From the announcement:

Whether you think of it as Hogtown, the Blue City, the Heart of Canada, or simply Toronto, you’ll want to follow everything blogger Justin Lemaire has to say about what there is to see and do in this fabulous Canadian city.

Visit The Toronto Traveler.

Skinny Moose Media has recently announced the inauguration of their new blog, Western National Parks. The site is for visitors, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts, and will cover National Parks news and facts in the Western part of the USA.

Visit the said blog.

We got the following news from email:

What, When, Where, How?

What? The Blogging For Boobs Campaign – while breast cancer awareness is the topic that we are lending our support to, the topic does not necessarily have to be about breast cancer, as we do not wish to exclude those who have not had any experience with it. Participation is key, and you can assist in this way by posting a banner of support on your site. Blogging in support of breast cancer awareness, no matter what the subject, will help us to create a much needed awareness network in order to promote the cause.

We would like to see as many personal anecdotes and stories on the subject, so if you have these to tell then we would appreciate your contribution. Please remember to keep all posts tasteful.

When? Sunday, the 28th of October, 2007 9am (PST) (US)

Where? The portal for the day will be located at http://blog.myspace.com/jemaverick, with no less than ten associated “hub” blogs which will operate as link directories.

How: If you have a blog and you wish to participate in this event, please send all of your links and relevant information to: boobs@webforhumanity.org. You will receive notification and all publicity information in a timely manner once we have received your link.

This is certainly a great event for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We enjoin bloggers to support this blog carnival!

Outdoors and hunting network Skinny Moose Media has added another blog, the Great Smoky Mountain Blog, to help in their push for travel and national park blogs. From their press release:

Please welcome Amy, who will be keeping us informed on the park and some great resources for those who may be interested in traveling to the park in the future.

The Beauty Blog Network has added three new sites to its roster:

• Rouge Deluxe
• Scandalous Beauty
• Hey, Dollface!

NYTimes.com has recently opened “The Board”, a blog written by members of The New York Times editorial board that provides commentary and background on each day’s editorials.

From The Blog Herald report:

The Board is a companion to the day’s in-print editorials, offering additional insight, reflection and context in both signed and unsigned posts. The Board will also feature commentary on topics that did not fit on the editorial page, postcards from board members who are traveling and written snapshots of discussions with special visitors.

Over the past week, giant network b5media has opened a couple of new blogs:

• Spa Beautifully — Written by Ellen Mirza, and talks about everything having to do with spas – spa treatments, do it yourself treatments, spa products, and spa getaways.
• Breaking the Mirror — A new eating disorder blog, with the following premise: “Julie is a recovering anorexic and bulimic who has struggled with the disease for 13 years. She has been involved in the on-line world of eating disorders since its ancient beginnings on AOL boards through the Pro-Ana movement.”

Outdoorsblogger.com becomes the third blog network to be added to BNW’s list this month.

The said network is actually also a community for outdoors-centric sites. The site runs on WPMU and was launched just about a month ago. Outdoorsblogger.com provides free blogs to outdoors enthusiasts and professionals for all types of outdoors acitivites.

Major blogosphere player b5media has just announced the launch of Spekked.com, an online portal for TV and movie news and information.

From the network’s press release:

Spekked is a destination for the latest information about television shows, from 24 to VH1, and other entertainment and movie news. Spekked consolidates the content from dozens of individual communities from b5media’s Entertainment Channel into one easy-to-navigate destination.

To celeebrate the launch of the new gateway, b5media is holding a contest wherein people can win iPods, DVDs, and Netflix subscriptions.

Over the past days, blog network b5media launched a number of new sites:

• Efron Freak — “all the latest gossip, pictures and news about the handsome Zac Efron”
• Sport Channel Launch — b5media announced that their Sports Channel has expanded to now have 24 total blogs
• A Child Chosen — “reliable information resource for anyone considering or going through the adoptions process”
• One Book Two Book — “a brand focus on Children’s Literature”