“And that’s the way it is” in the blogosphere

April 26, 2005

“This gives me a chance to sound off with a few words or a long editorial,” said Mr. Cronkite, 88, the longtime “CBS Evening News” anchorman. “It’s a medium that is new and interesting, and I thought I’d have some fun.” [The New York Times > Technology > A Boldface Name Invites Others to Blog With Her]

Arianna Huffington is gathering Cronkite and a troop of 250+ big names to blog a “nonstop virtual talkshow,” according to todays NYT. “In a solicitation letter to hundreds of people in her eclectic Rolodex, Ms. Huffington said the site “won’t be left wing or right wing; indeed, it will punch holes in that very stale way of looking at the world.”"

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