Although news of these two blogging events have appeared separately, it is quite useful to make note of them again, together, as an important signal of the power of the internet, specifically of bloggers and writing in the cyberworld. There was wonderful news last week about Glenn Greenwald, which also represented yet another sign of the growing, persuasive influence of writers on the internet. On the same day of the announcement that Andrew Sullivan's daily social/political commentaries on his blog, The Daily Dish, had reached over 2,000,000 readers during May, it also was reported that Greenwald's book, How Would a Patriot Act, had just made the New York Times' Best-Seller List. In addition, his book had climbed into the Top-100 of all books then being sold by Amazon.com. Greenwald is a writer who has reached a readership mainly through his blog, Unclaimed Territory.
In addition to these events, news of the 2006 Yearlykos Convention again underscores the growing political inluence of bloggers.
I think it's worth noting
I think it's worth noting that this morning NPR had a segment about Yearly Kos - a convention for people who frequent Daily Kos. It was reported that the blogging site has 600,000 visitors per day. Political wonks like Mark Warner (Virginia governor and 2008 presidential hopeful) to Joseph Wilson, husband of Valerie Plame, were present at the convention.
Yes, It Really Is Worth Noting!
Dear Dawn,
Your comment is very well taken! The Yearlykos Convention is yet another sign of the growing power of bloggers, and I published a short piece about that convention just yesterday. Thanks much for your note!