The Blogosphere Grows Up

Glenn Harlan Reynolds takes an indepth look at the rapid growth, and more importantly, the maturing of the blogosphere in the first of a two part series
TCS> We’ve come a long way, baby. Blogs have gone from barely-understood phenomenon to near-commonplace in this election cycle, and it looks as if they may be having some impact on the results. They’ve even gone commercial, with services such as blogads making it possible for successful bloggers to earn a living that compares with what many journalists earn — and making it possible for far more bloggers to justify their activity to themselves, or their spouses, as a hobby that at least makes money instead of costing money. read more>

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