Take A Peek…..

…at the Huffington Post. This is Arianna Huffington’s addition to the blogworld — a combination news site blog…except the bloggers are famous such as CBS news legend Walter Cronkite, comedian-writer Larry David, David Frum, Michael Isakoff.

You can’t dismiss this as being all “liberal” because there are some centrists in the mix. The Huffington Post unlike blogs has people who are ALREADY well known — and for things other than their blogging.

Can it succeed? There are some interesting posts on it. And if you click on the blog it has an extensive blogroll.

PREDICTION: It’ll be pooh-poohed by many bloggers but will probably carve out a niche. Maybe not a big one, but it’ll get readers. The reason: part of the attraction of reading blogs seems to be to discover newer sources of news and opinion. But, then, some of the famous bloggers could really get into it as time goes on and their already-established talents plus the liberating feeling of blogging could propel them to new heights.

BUT OTHERS MAY DISAGREE For instance, LA Weekly spent some glorious moments exploring The Huffington Post and announces: Arianna’s Blog Blows. Here’s one passage that shows the sheer enjoyment it’s critic found during her visit there:

This Web-site venture is the sort of failure that is simply unsurvivable, because of all the advance publicity touting its success as inevitable. Her blog is such a bomb that it’s the box-office equivalent of Gigli, Ishtar and Heaven’s Gate rolled into one. In magazine terms, it’s the disastrous clone of Tina Brown’s Talk, JFK Jr.’s George or Maer Roshan’s Radar. No matter what happens to Huffington, it’s clear Hollywood will suffer the consequences.

We don’t quite agree. IT’S TOO EARLY to pass judgement. Many blogs and news sites started out with growing pains.

For instance, TMV had its own rocky start before it was universally proclaimed as perfect in content, design, and absolutely persuasive arguments.



But a blog with celebrities and established journalists? Is THAT what people are clamoring for?? Judge for YOURSELF. Take YOUR OWN Peek.