Newscoma

I read progressive, liberal blogs because that’s how I swing.

I also read some conservative ones as well. I like to read it all, quite actually.

I even read some pop culture blogs but I’m very tired of hearing about Lindsey Lohan, so I don’t do that very often. Aunt B. posted today from a blog that linked a Wall Street Journal article on certain bloggers making buttloads of money blogging. I read it and thought, wow, what a life. And then I realized that the piece I read at the WSJ looked a bit like a puff piece.

And then I took pause. I read this today as well about how the tiers of blogging and I thought I might share it with you. This is a post from MyDD.

It’s a long piece, but there are several things of note, and its more than a post about money in blogging (actually that really isn’t mentioned) but more about how the early structure of blogging has changed in the last four years.

The blogosphere may have started as a new form of individual punditry, but at its elite levels, the progressive blogosphere has now moved beyond that. Take a quick look at the structure of the new progressive blogosphere elite, and consider how difficult it is for a new blog to break into this group (or even to maintain its place within the group):

And there is a list after that colon that is pretty extensive list of progressive blog and there are questions about how would someone break into that format. And I think that NiT, the KNS and other traditional media forums are giving the “little guys” a chance where other on-line established sources are more niche/community oriented to a degree.

Now don’t get me wrong, I would love to be linked on Atrios or the Huffington Post, but I’m pretty sure they could give three craps about my Bigfoot obsession, my occasional meltdowns at the newspaper, my dissatisfaction with the war and my girl-love of several bloggers who I would cheerfully dance with until dawn if they asked real nice. I actually have met Atrios. I didn’t tell him what my blog was other than I blogged. He was pretty cool about it and I felt rather silly and unecessary.

But the debate is very interesting. And I like to ponder it. And I’m seeing more media folks blogging, and I guess I wonder where I fit into the big picture.

I guess I’ll go and look up some of the latest news. Check into today’s testimony on the Libby Trial and go see what Mabel the ‘coma hound is up too.

Cause that’s what I do. Just thought it was all very interesting.

Update: Jill weighs in at Brilliant At Breakfast as does Skippy on Bowers column. CE Petro from Thoughts of An Average also comments. I think there are some unhappy people with some of de’ big boys.

Just watching the shit storm from Hooterville.