Martina Castro of NPR’s Weekend Edition discovers the global internet craze of the Shiba Inu puppy cam after a friend sends her a link, and discusses the newest crop of online puppy cams (Nov. 30, 2008). NPR aired an update on this story on Dec. 7, 2008.

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Roberta deBoer of the Toledo Blade has an idea to solve Toledo’s budget crisis: live streaming a litter of puppies from City Hall, inspired by the Shiba Inu puppy cam (Nov. 25, 2008).

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Janet Kornblum wrote a story for USA Today print and online editions about the Shiba Inu puppy cam web phenomenon and how it creates a diversion from reality (Nov. 25, 2008).

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SFist.com writes about the “Shiba Inu Dude cam,” a spoof on the Shiba Inu Puppy cam (Nov. 24, 2008). The next big web hit??

Preparing for the departure of the Shiba Inu puppies for their forever homes, UPI.com discovers the newest Shiba Inu Puppy cam live streaming from Japan (Nov. 23, 2008).

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Rob Cottingham of RedWriteWeb reports on the Shiba Inu puppy cam and illustrates the global sensation with a cartoon (Nov. 22, 2008).

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MSNBC.com’s Helen Popkin conducts a Q&A with the Shiba Inu puppy cam’s anonymous owners and reflects on the end of the cam (Nov. 21, 2008).

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Jenna Wortham of The New York Times Bits blog chronicles the Shiba Inu puppy cam’s rise to internet fame (Nov. 21, 2008).

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Gawker staff tunes into the Shiba Inu puppy cam and is anxiously waiting for one of the puppies to “go rogue” as they turn six weeks old (Nov. 19, 2008).

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Nick Douglas provides tips for PCMag.com on how to find out what’s generating interest online and includes the Shiba Inu puppy cam as an example (Nov. 19, 2008).

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