Chief
08-14-2008, 04:16 PM
This explains much...
http://www.crosscut.com/media/16638/After+a+late+start%2C+MSM+blogs+are+everywhere/
The Northwest's mainstream newspapers are reporting political news on the Web first.
By Clark Fredricksen
Last of three parts.
Today, a newspaper without a posse of blogs is so passé. The New York Times currently hosts more than 70 blogs, while the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has more than 29 staff-written blogs and dozens of reader blogs. The Tri-City Herald has 12, the Everett Herald has 17, The Seattle Times has 20, and The Oregonian has more than 50 blogs.
Overkill? Never heard of it.
While the print media might have been late to the blogosphere's party, there's a handful of local media-backed blogs making a splash in state politics. Here's our pick of the litter.
**SCHNIPP**
Interesting read, even if it isn't much more than the same old media trying to congratulate themselves for a successful transition from paper to internets. But are these "blogs" paying the freight??...are people paying money to see if the Editor's little dahling is really driving that car or not??
Take note of who is not mentioned in this article. They jump from Olympia to Portland...
mrgrn
http://www.crosscut.com/media/16638/After+a+late+start%2C+MSM+blogs+are+everywhere/
The Northwest's mainstream newspapers are reporting political news on the Web first.
By Clark Fredricksen
Last of three parts.
Today, a newspaper without a posse of blogs is so passé. The New York Times currently hosts more than 70 blogs, while the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has more than 29 staff-written blogs and dozens of reader blogs. The Tri-City Herald has 12, the Everett Herald has 17, The Seattle Times has 20, and The Oregonian has more than 50 blogs.
Overkill? Never heard of it.
While the print media might have been late to the blogosphere's party, there's a handful of local media-backed blogs making a splash in state politics. Here's our pick of the litter.
**SCHNIPP**
Interesting read, even if it isn't much more than the same old media trying to congratulate themselves for a successful transition from paper to internets. But are these "blogs" paying the freight??...are people paying money to see if the Editor's little dahling is really driving that car or not??
Take note of who is not mentioned in this article. They jump from Olympia to Portland...
mrgrn