Another Sad Day For The Guys Who Hate Bloggers

Links (2)

THE GREAT NATIONAL DEBATE FOR THE DIRECTION OF BLOGGING
Published 3/17/2008 by Charles Slavik, CPT*D at The Slav's Baseball Blog - BASEBALL 24-7-365
... We see the same phenomena with cell phones and individualized ring tones. The company or industry that doesn't adapt is relegated to the dustbin of American corporate history beside the Pony Express. Unfortunately, the old-line sports media appears to be going in that direction, albeit kicking and screaming all the way. --------------------------------------------- FROM DEADSPIN: BOB COSTAS, BILL CONLIN, TONY KORNHISER, DAN SHAUGNESSY SUMMARY OF BLOG-HATERS http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/another-sad-day-for-the-guys-who-hate-bloggers-16645 ...

Who You Can Thank For The Juicy Canseco News
Published 3/26/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
The top story in the sports world so far this week is the leak of Jose Canseco’s new book “Vindicated.” The book wasn’t due out until next Monday, but a gent named Joe Lavin stumbled upon a copy and blogged about it . Will Leitch of DEADSPIN linked Mr. Lavin’s review of the book , and all hell broke loose. Every major media outlet is now reporting the news (or will be). An interesting question to ponder: Would Mr. Lavin’s revelations ever have made the main media without Deadspin’s help? We think we both know the answer to that. Can you imagine Lavin trying to get his book review - before a link to Deadspin - to be taken seriously by a main ...