Blog Journals Changes In The Next Months
Over the last weeks there have been some changes in the blog journal landscape. 2 Consolidated papers and a new comer. Positions haven’t changed yet, but the tone of the blogs has.
Lets have a look at the 3 blog papers I mentioned in my Follow The Blogosphere with only 20 Feeds.
The Blog Herald
The Blog Herald has welcomed many new writers and found its new style, more main stream than before. Not always the earliest reporter anymore, but therefore a total new style of news had landed.
Tech and in depth articles, entries for the new blogger. Not just blogosphere related anymore.
Maybe I am biased with my judgment but The Blog Herald has become the place to go for advanced newcomers. The future blog geeks.
We will see a huge new audience join TBH now the Herald turns into a Blogzine.
A great read for everyone interested in blogs, what happens and everything else that involves blogging.
Prediction for the next months
I think some writers will leave TBH and the Blogzine evolution will continue with more new authors and new topics. TBH will introduce regular How-Tos.
Be prepared for forums and even more daily news.
901AM
In only some weeks 901am has already consolidated as the newcomer in this segment. Daily fresh and short news about what goes on in the blogosphere and surroundings. Over the holiday period the pace slowed down, but the team has picked up again in the last days and the tone is set.
This is the site to watch over the next months. Unless there will be a major change in how/what blog papers publish I predict 901am a great future and I wouldn’t be surprized if more former TBH authors would join the team. And add a touch of former TBH critical observations.
Prediction for the next months
Tony Hung leaves TBH and joins 901am. Together with Muhammed Saleem their critical analysis will influence what will change this year at social bookmarking sites.
David Krug catches The Blog Herald founder Duncan Riley as weekly columnist and both start a blogosphere podcast. With regular guest podcasters they become the new Scobleizer and Winer. Their show becomes a hit, your weekly podcast appointment. Krug and Riley Rave. Feared and respected.
The Blogging Times
It has become quiet around The Blogging Times over the last weeks. Less news, authors seem to be focused on their own projects.
Prediction for the next months
Unless Minic manages ASAP to add new writers to the team and gear up, TBT is set to disppear into anonymousness. TBH and 901AM will be the center of blog news and TBT will be sold in early autumn.
On a sidenote, I expect Splashpress Media to buy Blogexplosion and bring The Blog Herald to the house blogger. Unless Pay Per Post tries to grab this sure market.
But of course this isn’t spectacular enough to be the climax of this entry. No, there will be another surprise and once more it will be The Blog Herald when they announce the arrival of Matthew Ingram in Summer.
As Chief Editor.
[...] One of my more daring articles in my short spell at JOAB surely was BlogJournal Changes in the Next Months which I wrote beginning this year. As the still young year continued to progress I saw almost every prediction become reality, and even more. [...]
iBlogNews, Who Does? said this on April 24, 2007 9:47 pm