Speaking of Local Blogging Competition…

by Matt on Aug 13, 2008 in Industry

… Peter Krasilovsky points out that the uber-popular Huffington Post blog has launched the first of 10-20 local blogs: Huffington Post Chicago.

Huffington Post screenshot

Says creator/founder Arianna Huffington:

HuffPost Chicago is part local news source, part resource guide, and part virtual soap box — featuring a collection of bloggers who know and love Chicago, and are looking to share their takes on everything from the Cubs to City Hall to the hot new local band to the best place for Greek food.

My feelings are similar to what I said in the last post: This kind of thing is good because it shines a brighter light on local blogging. But when the Big Players come marching into your hometown like this, you can’t help but wonder what it means for traffic, readership, and so forth.

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August 13, 2008 | Filed Under Industry 

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3 Responses to “Speaking of Local Blogging Competition…”

  1. Missy on August 14th, 2008 5:44 pm

    I think what is most disturbing is that Huff Chicago is using Movable Type, as their blog platform. Yikes!

    Total diss on Wordpress.

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