The State of Blogging at America's 100 Largest Newspapers: Chart by the Blue Plate Special team
  Newspaper Daily Circulation Owned by Blogs? # Blog Topics Blog URL
x Blue Plate Special
1 USA Today 2,281,831 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 9 Latest news, hotels, airlines, sports, entertainment (tv, film), entertainment (music), technology (innovations, gadgets), technology (science), weather http://www.usatoday.com/blog-index.htm
2 The Wall Street Journal 2,070,498 Dow Jones & Co. Yes 1 Law http://blogs.wsj.com/law
3 The New York Times 1,121,623 The New York Times Co. Yes 3 Oscars, Dining Out, Real Estate

(No main blog listing)

http://carpetbagger.nytimes

.com,
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com
,
http://walkthrough.nytimes.com
4 Los Angeles Times 907,997 Tribune Company Yes 10 Sports, local, travel, entertainment, Oscars, fashion http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-blogsplashpage-sg,0,843001.special
5 The Washington Post 740,947 The Washington Post Company Yes 23 Achenblog, White House News, editorial, politics, local events, fashion, Iraq, computer security, nightlife, various http://blog.washingtonpost.com/
6 The Daily News (NY) 708,773 Mortimer Zuckerman Yes 1 The blogosphere http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/eden/
7 NY Post 643,086 News Corporation Yes 2 Book blog, Sundance Film Festival

(No main blog listing)

http://blogs.nypost.com/books/,

http://blogs.nypost.com/sundance/

8 Chicago Tribune 565,679 Tribune Company Yes 10 News, TV, Internet, Life, Washington, Sports, Pop Culture http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/
9 Houston Chronicle 527,744 The Hearst Corporation Yes 21 Transparency, nightlife, college sports, Enron, business, local entertainment/arts, computer Q&A, life of a Katrina refugee, life in Katy, TX, sports, pop culture, health & medicine, science,various http://www.chron.com/news/blogs/
10 Dallas Morning News 477,493 Belo Corp. Yes 7 Olympics, Sports, Local News, Reviews

(No main blog listing)

http://dallasmorningviews.beloblog.com/,

http://fromthescene.beloblog.com/,

http://recruitingbuzz.beloblog.com/,

http://hotreads.beloblog.com/,

http://sportssay.beloblog.com/

11 San Francisco Chronicle 468,739 The Hearst Corporation Yes 15 Culture Blog, World Views, Two Cents Blog (users chip in for news of the day)

(No main blog listing)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=3

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=15

12 Newsday (Melville, NY) 459,305 Tribune Company Yes 3 Fashion Week, Life in the work place, Reviews

(No main blog listing)

http://newsday.typepad.com/,

http://newsday.typepad.com/news_local_flaim/,

http://newsday.typepad.com/sports_olympics/,

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/weblog/,

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsblog-bryn,0,5236071.framedurl?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines,

 

13 The Arizona Republic 452,016 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 17 Arizona Politics, Public Affairs (AZ), Legislature, Sports, Entertainment, Mesa Bloggers http://www.azcentral.com/blogs/
14 Chicago Sun-Times 432,230 Hollinger International Yes 4 News, Thoughts, Opinions, Sports http://blogs.suntimes.com/
15 The Boston Globe 429,552 The New York Times Co. Yes 5 Business, Job Blog, Sports

(No main blog listing)

http://www.boston.com/business/blog/filter/,

http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/,

http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/hr/,

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/,

http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/wilbur/

16 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 396,888 Cox Enterprises Yes 47 Politics, opinion, education, dating, neighborhood watch, sports, entertainment, music http://www.ajc.com/living/content/custom/blogs/
17 The Star-Ledger 382,055 Advance Publications, Inc. Yes 50 Sports (local and state), local events, books, music, reviews http://www.nj.com/weblogs/
18 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) 378,316 The McClatchy Co. Yes 5 New coverage, editor blog, travel, pop life, high school sports http://www.startribune.com/blogs
19 Detroit Free Press 370,875 Gannett Co., Inc. No 0 -- --
20 The Philadelphia Inquirer 364,974 Knight Ridder Yes 9 The blogosphere, living with cancer, gossip, sports, sports editor, architecture, consumerism, books http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/special_packages/blogs/
21 The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) 348,416 Advance Publications, Inc. Yes 40+ Latest hard news, Olympics, Tech, Reader representative, Local issues, Playaway audio books http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/
22 St. Petersburg Times 337,515 Times Publishing Company Yes 19 Video game reviews, technology, olympics, Tampa arts and entertainment, pop music, TV, Society (around town), media, politics, sports, food, health, college http://www.sptimes.com/blogs/
23 The Oregonian 332,829 Advance Publications, Inc. Yes 16 Updates, Sports teams, News, Business, Entertainment http://www.oregonlive.com/weblogs/oregonian/
24 The San Diego Union-Tribune 332,273 The Copely Press, Inc. Yes 16 Music, nightlife, sports, tv, sci-fi, food weather, news critic, politics, skiing http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/index.html
25 The Denver Post 321,405 MediaNews Group, Inc. Yes 6 Olympics, Fashion Week, Tech, Music, Breaking News http://denverpostbloghouse.com/
26 Rocky Mountian News 320,345 The E.W. Scripps Company Yes 7 Editors blog, shopping, night life, Broncos, style, video games, pop culture http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/news/blogs/
27 The Miami Herald 312,811 Knight Ridder Yes 6 Dave Barry, Pets, Newspaper changes,Local celebrity gossip http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/special_packages/interactive/
28 The Sacramento Bee 305,394 The McClatchy Co. Yes 2 Music, Local hard news blurbs

(No main blog listing)

http://www.sacbee.com/insider/,

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/music/

29 The Orange County Register 300,972 Freedom Communications, Inc. Yes 20 Opinion, Lifestyle, Cartoon, Sports, Business, Tech, Entertainment, Food, Science http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sections/blogs/
30 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 284,473 Lee Enterprises, Inc. Yes 21 Religion, business, sports, law, Letters to editor, Politics, Gossip, Tech http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/
31 The Kansas City Star 278,937 Knight Ridder Yes 5 Crime, Letters, Religion, TV

(No main blog page)

http://blogs.kansascity.com/,

http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/,

http://blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters/,

http://billtammeus.typepad.com/my_weblog/

 

32 San Jose Mercury News 276,166 Knight Ridder Yes 43 Sports, Consumer tips, Bay area sports, Drugs, Metro, Entertainment, Tech and Money, TV, books, Fashion, Celeb, Music, Reviews, Theatre http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/community/blog_directory/
33 The Detroit News 263,703 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 10 Politics, Government, Autos, Rant/Rave, Entertainment, Photos, Sports http://info.detnews.com/weblog/index.cfm
34 The Times-Picayune 261,573 Advance Publications, Inc. Yes 16 Many New Orlean-related blogs, especially pertaining to Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras, Sports, Home repair http://www.nola.com/weblogs/
35 South Florida Sun-Sentinel 260,316 Tribune Company Yes 6 Sports, College Sports, Food http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfla-columns,0,4546426.htmlstory
36 The Indianapolis Star 254,437 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 6

Pro Sports, College Sports, Music, Weight Loss, Opinion/Around Town

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
37 The Orlando Sentinel 251,998 Tribune Company Yes 10 Theater, Food, space news, Olympics (no longer up), television, police/courts , pets/animals, high school sports, pop music, movies, books http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-blogs,0,1587325.htmlstory
38 The Sun (Baltimore, MD) 246,584 Tribune Company Yes 11 Business, sports, TV, weather, language http://www.baltimoresun.com/services/site/bal-blogs,0,6148869.htmlstory?coll=bal-home-outerrail
39 San Antonio Express-News 245,034 The Hearst Corporation Yes 37 Sports, TV, court, geeks, Mommy blog, weather, Iraq, politics, etc. http://www.mysanantonio.com/specials/weblogs/
40 The Columbus Dispatch 244,280 The Wolfe Family Yes 3 Video games, PC computers, Macs http://www.dispatch.com/blogs/blogs.php
41 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 241,556 Journal Communications, Inc. Yes 16 Sports, politics, music, business, games http://www.jsonline.com/weblogs/
42 Tampa Tribune 238,743 Media General, Inc. Yes 32 Sports, local events, Motherhood, TV, Gaming, http://tbo.com/weblogs/index.shtml
43 The Boston Herald 238,569 Herald Media, Inc. Yes 21 Travel, nightlife, Mommy blog, politics, satire, police, various http://news.bostonherald.com/blogs/
44 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 237,867 Block Communications No 0 -- --
45 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 237,554 Knight Ridder Yes 3 J.R. Labbe: Guns, God, Good Government; Bob Ray Sanders: A Liberal Dose; B. Kennedy: Bud's Big Plate http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/
46 The Charlotte Observer 230,901 Knight Ridder Yes 16 Sports, Games N Gadgets, From the Hip, You Write the Caption, Stork Raving Mad, Out of the Red, Paid to Party, Inside the NBA, Editor Rick Thames, Marathon Woman, Girl About Town, The Naked City, Running Mate http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/community/blog_directory/
47 The Seattle Times 229,584 The Blethens Family Yes 9+ Opinion, local issues, news, sports, Iraq, technology, Travel

(No main blog listing)

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/nextopia/,

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/,

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/betweenthelines/

48 The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) 219,350 The Gaylord Family Yes 8 Transparency (New on NewsOK), LOOK@OKC blogs - 6 community bloggers, sports - Hornets blog http://lookatokc.newsok.com/more/blogs/
49 The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) 215,734 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 15 University of Louisville sports, Univerisity of Kentucky sports, Indiana University sports, Velocity blogs: music & culture, video games, sports, fantasy football, Oh Snap!, Depth Reporting http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS01&template=blogs
50 The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) 198,273 Landmark Publishing No 0 -- --
51 The Cincinnati Enquirer 195,449 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 18 Olympics, insider view of editorial cartoonist, pop culture review, "Grandma in Iraq" - dispatches, Poltics Extra, N. Kentucky politics, photography, Reds blog, Bengals blog, Pro Bowl, High School sports, NCAA basketball, UC Bearcats, TV, pop music/culture, art, classical music, weekly Staff Blog http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/
52 The Buffalo News 194,225 Berkshire Hathaway No 0 -- --
53 Omaha World-Herald 194,222 Employee-owned No 0 -- --
54 The Hartford Courant 190,572 Tribune Company Yes 5 Transparency/Ombudsman, personal opinion, TV, music

http://www.courant.com/features/hc-blog-page,0,4869116.htmlstory

or

http://hartford.typepad.com/

55 St. Paul Pioneer Press 190,374 Knight Ridder Yes 2 City Hall, single female homeowner http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/special_packages/weblogs/
56 Richmond Times-Dispatch 188,893 Media General, Inc. Yes 1 Politics http://virginiapolitics.mgblogs.com/
57 The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) 188,228 Belo Corp. No 0 -- --
58 Contra Costa Times (CA) 187,042 Knight Ridder Yes 5 Editorial, Sports, Pets and Wildlife, Photography http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/
59 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) 184,659 Wehco Media, Inc. No 0 -- --
60 Austin American-Statesman 184,398 Cox Enterprises Yes 5 Sports, Podcasts http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/statesman/index.html
61 The Palm Beach Post (FL) 181,626 Cox Enterprises Yes 22 News, Technology, Sports, Hurricane, Features, Opinion http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/blogs/index.html
62 The Record (Hackensack, NJ) 179,538 North Jersey Media Group Yes 3 Sports: Yankees, Super Bowl

(No main blog listing)

63 Daily News (Woodland Hills, CA) 176,548 Los Angeles Newspaper Group Yes 1 Olympics blog http://dailynews.com/olympics
64 The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) 176,025 The McClatchy Co. Yes 17 News, Reader's Opinions, Grammar, Health, Outdoors, Politics, Sports, Economics, Music, Editorial, ect. http://blogs.newsobserver.com/
65 The Tennessean (Nashville) 175,834 Gannett Co., Inc. No 0 -- --
66 The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 172,195 The E.W. Scripps Company Yes 13 Community, Health, Pets, News, Dining http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/
67 The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) 168,014 Morris Communications Yes 19 Advice, Entertainment, Home, Opinion, Sports, Local communit http://blogs.jacksonville.com/
68 Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) 167,696 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 3 Sports, Opinion, Business

http://pitoniak.blogspot.com/,

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION15,

http://www.thebusinesspage.blogspot.com/

69 Las Vegas Review - Journal 167,586 Stephens Media Group No 0 -- --
70 Fresno Bee 166,554 The McClatchy Co. Yes 27 Arts and Entertainment, Movies, Music, CD Roundup, Reality TV Update, Video Games, Bee Staff Blogs (McEwen, Fan to Flame, Matt James, Mike Osegueda, Washington News, Beehive Features Blog, Guest Bloggers: (At the Oympics 06, Katrina's Aftermath, Trade in China), In the News, California Love, Fresno tidbits (local blog), Shout-outs, In the Bee, Newsmakers, Miscellaneous Blog, On the Web, Solar power mini-blog, Sports, Sports Conversation, Technology Blog http://www.fresnobeehive.com/
71 The Providence Journal 164,980 Belo Corp. Yes 10 News Rehash Blog, An American in Rome Blog, Turin Olympics Blog, Bruins Blog, Pats Blog, Sox Blog, Daily Blog, "Beer Blog," College Basketball, Energy Industry Blog http://www.projo.com/blogs/
72 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ) 153,557 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 4 Editorial http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION
73 The Birmingham News 153,378 Advance Publications, Inc. Yes 13

Local news, sports, entertainment

http://www.al.com/weblogs/

74 The Des Moines Register 150,907 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 11 Big Four Basketball, Cyclone Football, Kyle Munson (columnist), Hawkeye Football, Iowa Stars Hockey, Today's Headlines, Turin Olympics Blog, Opinions and Ideas Blog, Reality TV Blog http://blogs.dmregister.com/
75 The Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) 149,595 U.S. Suburban Press Yes 28 TV, News, Music, Poker, Fashion, Tech, Movies, Fitness, Food, Money, Sports, Wedding, Outdoors, Dating, Video Games, http://beep.dailyherald.com/blogs/
76 Tulsa World 148,000 The Lorton Family No 0 -- --
77 The Honolulu Advertiser 145,197 Gannett Co., Inc. No 0 -- --
78 The Akron Beacon Journal 143,799 Knight Ridder Yes 6 Beacon Television Blog, Movies, Cartoon Blog, Cleveland Cavaliers Blog, Akron Sports Teams, Ohio Politics Blog

(No main blog listing)

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/

79 Seattle Post-Intelligencer 141,744 The Hearst Corporation Yes 6

Microsoft, trends, venture capital, aerospace, environment, Seattle Seahawks

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/

80 The Grand Rapids Press 139,100 Advance Publications, Inc. No 0 -- --
81 The Journal News (White Plains, NY) 138,539 Gannett Co., Inc. No 0 -- --
82 Dayton Daily News 135,936 Cox Enterprises Yes 21 Arts and Entertainment, Holiday, Education, Food and Dining, Health and Fitness, News and Politics, Local, Sports, Outdoors, Teens, Women's Life http://www.daytondailynews.com/forum/content/forum/blogs/index.html
83 The Blade (Toledo, OH) 134,037 Block Communications Yes 1

Recreational activities in NW Ohio and SE Michigan

(No main blog listing)

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060228/SPORTS20/60227015/-1/SPORTS

84 The Salt Lake Tribune 130,351 MediaNews Group, Inc. Yes 17 Legislature, Sundance, Movies, Family Issues, Video Games, Jazz, Sports http://blogs.sltrib.com/
85 The News Tribune 128,937 The McClatchy Co. Yes 5 Flyfishing, Seattle Seahawks, UW Huskies, Seattle Mariners, Video games http://www.thenewstribune.com/blogs/
86 Sarasota Herald-Tribune 123,231 The New York Times Co. Yes 6 Politics, real estate, retail, weather, finance, business
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?CATEGORY=BLOG14
87 The Knoxville News-Sentinel 121,917 The E.W. Scripps Company Yes 9 Editor, nature, sports, TV, music and events, shopping, entertainment, TN athletics, local http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/news/text/0,1406,KNS_345_30942,00.html
88 La Opinion 119,735 Lozano Enterprises, Inc. No 0 -- --
89 Philadelphia Daily News 118,822 Knight Ridder Yes 2 Entertainment, local news

(No main blog listing)

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/,

http://blogs.philly.com/

90 The Post-Standard 118,605 Advance Publications, Inc. Yes 44

News, sports, entertainment (TV, movies, books, pop culture, Hollywood), health & fitness, the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, politics, Cayuga County, funny stories from Hancock Airport, parenting, religion, news from Parish, NY.

http://www.syracuse.com/weblogs/
91 The Morning Call 117,717 Tribune Company Yes 11

Politics (local and national) and current events, finance, issues of day, cancer, TV, Penn State football, local medical support unit's and local soldier's experiences in Iraq, columnist Bill White, international blogs,

http://www.mcall.com/all-blogs,0,3570315.htmlstory
92 The News Journal 117,389 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 4 Daily life and celebrities, sports, culture, politics http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/index.html
93 Lexington Herald-Leader 116,894 Knight Ridder Yes 7 Editor, sports, politics, culture, teenagers, photographers, readers http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/12624483.htm
94 The State 116,254 Knight Ridder Yes 36

Editorial, pop culture, mortgage, equestrian, finance, marriage, economics, science and the environment, Carolina trees & forests, opera & theater, education, fitness & nutrition, wildlife habitats, local politics, astronomy, diabetes, parenting, experiences in Afghanistan, religion, the city of Columbia, medicine, fashion, pets, technology, nature

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/13619811.htm
95 The Arizona Daily Star 113,296 Lee Enterprises, Inc. Yes 17

University of Arizona blog, local music scene, local bar scene, games, music photo blog, music, local books, sports, NASCAR, Hurricane Katrina, local's experience in Rome, police blog

(No main blog listing)

http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/uafans,

http://www.aznightbuzz.com/blogs.php,

http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/gulfcoast,

http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/policebeat

96 The Daytona Beach News-Journal 112,278 The Davidson Family Yes 1 Technology http://blogs.news-journalonline.com/techtalk/
97 East Valley Tribune 109,637 Freedom Communications, Inc. Yes 2 Local, opinion http://blogs.eastvalleytribune.com/summary.php?op=BlogList
98 Albuquerque Journal 108,177 Albuquerque Publishing Company Yes 6 Science, health, geek-tech, video games, sports, pennypinching http://www.abqjournal.com/weblogs/
99 The Patriot-News 102,710 Advance Publications, Inc. Yes 23 Local, sports, news and entertainment http://www.pennlive.com/weblogs/
100 News-Press 100,770 Gannett Co., Inc. Yes 2

Spring training (Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins)

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS02
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