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TCS: Tech Central Station - The Blogosphere Grows Up: "The Blogosphere Grows Up

By Glenn Harlan Reynolds Published 10/20/2004

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series.
We've come a long way, baby. Blogs have gone from barely-understood phenomenon to near-commonplace in this election cycle, and it looks as if they may be having some impact on the results. They've even gone commercial, with services such as blogads making it possible for successful bloggers to earn a living that compares with what many journalists earn -- and making it possible for far more bloggers to justify their activity to themselves, or their spouses, as a hobby that at least makes money instead of costing money...
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