In a true "who's on first?" moment, Slate's routine roundup of what's in today's major newspapers, references a blog for details on the top story.
Ironically, Slate's recent daily column, Today's Blogs features links to MSM articles before launching in to the blogosphere chatter as a way (one presumes) to give background to those not yet in the know about blogs.
It's as if the two mediums were trying to cross pollinate. (Oh - I'm sorry, was that obvious?? So unlike me) More likely, they need to justify themselves in the context of one another.
Slate only started their "Today's Blog" feature a few weeks back summarizing all the chatter going on in the blogosphere. At the time, I commented that it was an inevitable addition to most on-line zines, and would soon be a factor (if it hasn't become one already) in traditional MSM, both print and video.
Oh - what a brave new world! Or - hey, Baby - can I borrow your link?
