Academy Directs Oscarwatch To Change Name

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, home of Oscar and the Academy Awards, has been cracking hard on blogs using the Oscar name; until this year, they had left Sasha Stone of Oscarwatch.com alone. Oscarwatch since 1999, which practically makes her a pioneer on the Web. She registered the site on December 2nd, 1999, a few weeks ahead of the red carpeted event. "Mine has always been the most popular on the Oscars and in fact started the trend of "Oscar watching" on the web, which is, monitoring the awards race from the beginning of the year onward," she said. "Mainstream media even got in on the act two years ago." Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: