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| MSNBC | Five more-or-less daily blogs on topics from media to space (www.msnbc.com/news). | Marquee names Eric Alterman and Chris Matthews, plus staffers Michael Moran, Jan Herman, and Alan Boyle. | A blog for all interests � from Alterman�s obsessiveness to Moran�s literary vignettes. | Matthews� blog is just a transcript of his commentary from that day�s TV show, with some links tossed in by the site staff.
| NEWSWEEK | The Practical Futurist, a tech-news blog (www.msnbc.com/news). | Michael Rogers, the site�s editor and general manager. | A good counterpoint to the biweekly column Rogers writes for the site. | It�s updated only once a day — an eternity in the already well-blogged tech-news field.
| TIME | Mideast Monitor tracks coverage of the crisis there (www.time.com). | Tony Karon, Time.com�s world editor, writes on the Middle East. | Karon�s blog deftly knits together smart commentary and wide-ranging links. | It can go weeks without an update.
| USA TODAY | Two blogs: Hip Clicks, on entertainment news, and Today in the Sky, on air traffic (www.usatoday.com). | Whitney Matheson, a USA Today pop-culture writer, compiles Hip Clicks. Ben Mutzabaugh follows the air-traffic news. | Traffic report-style updates on airport delays might make for the world�s most utilitarian blog — if you happen to be flying. | What happened to the fun? Hip Clicks has goodlinks but little commentary; Today in the Sky has all the sex appeal of toast.
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