Here are the most-viewed blog posts on MPW in April 2010.1. Why MPW Turned Down the Washington Post2. MPW Poll: House 193. Twitter to Post: Bloggers Aren’t Your Slaves4. MPW…
Blogs
MPW Passes One Million Page Views
Today, Maryland Politics Watch recorded its one-millionth page view. We do not know of another blog in the state that has reached that mark. (Page views do not equate with…
Blogosphere Blasts Blogoscabbing
The revolt against the Washington Post’s blogoscabbing program has spread from Twitter to blogs across the nation and beyond. As a result, we had our best day ever last Thursday…
A Little Credit for the Blogs, Please?
On Thursday at 7:46 PM, Red Maryland broke the story that Carmen Amedori was leaving Brian Murphy’s GOP gubernatorial ticket. Today at 10:42 AM, the Post reported the same thing…
American Idol’s Strange Alliance with MPW
In news we never believed we would report, fans of American Idol are driving additional traffic to MPW. Yes, dear readers, that is not a typo!Back in June 2008, we…
Twitter to Post: Bloggers Aren’t Your Slaves
Egged on by Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas and film critic Roger Ebert, thousands of Twitterers are pouring in to MPW to read our rejection of the Washington Post’s “offer”…
Why MPW Turned Down the Washington Post
Five weeks ago, I received an unsolicited offer from the Washington Post. They asked if they could post my picture and biography on their website and link to every new…
A Tribute to Dan Reed
One of the biggest names in MoCo blogging, Just Up the Pike’s Dan Reed, has announced that he is leaving for graduate school in Pennsylvania. Now is a good time…
Top Blog Posts, March 2010
Here are the most-viewed blog posts on MPW in March 2010.1. MPW Poll: Gaithersburg West 2. Rank and File Teachers Fight Back Against the Post3. Madaleno Rocks MoCo on Teacher…
Who Will be the Sole Survivor?
Several entities, including a couple with money, are getting into the local online politics-news-aggregation business. But as someone who publishes original political content for free, I can tell you that…