Caps embrace the blogosphere

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The Times Pays Tribute to the Capitals’ ‘Bloggers’ Nation’
Published 10/23/2007 by The OFB Team at On Frozen Blog
... to new media covering his team and its sport: “What happens if the Caps make a deep playoff run? “Then they can come sit in the owners box,” Leonsis said. “I’ll find them a place to sit. I hope we have that issue. I’d like to be looked at as the most new media-savvy, blog-centric of the teams. If we win, that network just helps you to keep that momentum going.” You can read Lemke’s piece here. ...

Washington Times on the Blogosphere
Published 10/23/2007 by leonsisted@aol.com at Ted's Take - The blogging site of Ted Leonsis
Here is an in-depth article on the blogosphere covering the Washington Capitals. It is well written and well researched. Thank you, Tim. We appreciate how much you are doing to cover our team. Our fans thank you and we all read and enjoy your blog as well. I wanted to add some comments on the article though because I do think it misses some of the points of why we have led in the creation of a blogosphere. Every single newspaper, magazine and local TV station that covers us as a team is shrinking; losing readers and viewers; shedding advertisers; and cutting budgets. It has nothing to do with the quality of the work being done. ...

Caps & Their Bloggers
Published 10/23/2007 by Paul at KK Hockey
... members, and other teams have provided credentials on a game-by-game basis. The growing number of bloggers has captured the attention of NHL officials, who are exploring whether a league-wide policy toward bloggers is needed. “The NHL is looking closely at it,” said Caps chief communications officer Kurt Kehl, who served on a special committee to address the issue at a recent league meeting. “There is some fear of the unknown.” more On Frozen Blog pointed the story out to me and you can read more ...

More on Caps bloggers
Published 10/23/2007 by James Mirtle at james mirtle
The Washington Times has a nice, in-depth piece today on the legion of Capitals bloggers that have been producing all kinds of material since team owner Ted Leonsis opened the press box to bloggers last season. “Writers from a half-dozen other blogs, including Japers’ Rink, DC Optimist and A View from the Cheap Seats, are on the premises, cranking out posts that analyze everything from the Caps’ new uniforms to the Hurricanes’ power-play defense. They are affectionately called “blogger nation” and are part of a growing — and unique — strategy by the Caps to embrace new media ...

Times Tackles Caps Blogging
Published 10/24/2007 by Caps Nut at Bleatings From a Caps Nut
The Washington Times today reported on the growth in Caps bloggers and while this blog was overlooked (The fact that I refuse to step into the press box being chief among them, so I can't meet the beat writers) Tim Lemke (who isn't the beat writer BTW) did bring up a point that has been gnawing at me for awhille.And that is a problem that came up last spring when Ted hired local bloggers to come and work for him and cover the World Championships in Moscow. While me complaining about this may seem like sour grapes, the fact of the matter is, it does create a conflict of interest and I'm glad Lemke pointed it out.While the ...

Looks Like Someone Didn't Get The Memo
Published 10/26/2007 by Loser Chris at Taking One For The Team
... blog community and have given them unprecedented access and accommodations to bloggers at Caps home games. Yes, this is why the internet has been flooded with Capitals blogs lately. Personally I think this is a great move and hopefully more teams will follow suit. I could only dream of finding myself in the press box for a Penguins game one day. Anyway, the Caps and Leonsis have gotten a lot of good pub from the blogging community and the print media out of this. There was a nice article about the situation in the Washington Times recently that help shed some light on ...

Fan Blogging -- What's the Point?
Published 11/16/2007 by Interchangeable Parts at hlog {Hockey's Ladies of Greatness}
... press passes otherwise reserved for traditional media), a revolutionary approach to covering sporting events that would otherwise be ignored (see: the World Championship widget), and a revolutionary approach to covering sports teams that would otherwise be ignored (see: the Bloggers Box on Long Island). However, there's a revolution in web-based communication Leonsis has ignored -- Web 2.0. Several major newspapers have recently run columns profiling the Caps bloggers (The Washington Times, the Christian Science Monitor) but the advantages of blogging that have ...

The Great Exalted Mr. Snyder Speaks
Published 4/2/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... in the Times. Neither does Ted Leonsis get to be Mr. Leonsis . Maybe he should only do interviews with the New York Times, where everyone is automatically a Mr., so long as they're male. Or maybe he'd make the NYT refer to him as Mr. Mr. Snyder. Or Mr. Mister Snyder. The point is, if the Wash Times folks were bullied into giving the little dude his Great Exalted title in exchange for this exclusive Q , it was pretty much a lose-lose, because the Q is about the most boring thing I've ever read. And that's nothing against reporter David Elfin; the Great Exalted Mr. Snyder just ...