The Decline Of Blogs, As Told By The DMN
The good folks over at The Daily Peg have a great reaction to this front-page Dallas Morning News article on blogging.
There's not much to add to that. Given that a fair number of real, paid, professional journalists in Dallas are active bloggers (including the DMN editorial board, which is not mentioned in the story), one would have hoped for something a bit better and something a bit more local.
And this underlying tone that many blogs are dying now that the election is over is eerily reminiscent of the hopeful tone we once heard in some quarters about Rush Limbaugh after Bill Clinton was elected. Conventional (media) wisdom had it that Mr. Limbaugh's influence would wane and his show would gradually wither. Instead, he keeps on adding stations, and oh by the way, created a whole talk-radio industry where none had existed.
Yes, some political blogs are surely suffering traffic declines following the election and during the Holidays. But with mainstream media continuing its decline, one can't help but note the hopeful tone in some of those quarters that the growing and vibrant blogosphere isn't part of something a little bigger and perhaps threatening to the dinosaurs. Stay tuned.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/25/04 09:30 | Media Matters | Technorati
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My December average daily traffic is up almost 200% from October numbers. On the other hand I've noticed several blogs that were posting daily (or more) during the campaign season that have only posted one or two times since the election and at least one left leaning blog that has completely closed up shop (no forwarding - just gone). If Rush Limbaugh at any point had said, "The election's over, I'm taking a year off," he would be gone today. Rush realized,as does any serious commentator whatever his forum, that there is always another election, another political appointment, another vote in Congress, etc.
Posted by Tom Hanna @ 22:21 on 12/25/04
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