» What I’ve Learned as a Blogger for The New York Times
“Mark Cuban wrote Thursday about why he thinks that newspapers, and the New York Times in particular, are making a mistake by publishing blogs.
One of Mark’s main points is that blogs are so associated with hasty rumor-mongering and blowhard pontificating that no newspaper should be involved with the form. “A blog is a blog is a blog is a blog,” he writes.
My take is different. I’d say that blog is the name of a format for information and opinion that is roughly analogous to “column” or “newsletter.” The format itself doesn’t tell you whether the content is pedestrian or inflammatory, impressionistic or deeply researched……”