Lines blur between blogs, newspapers | csmonitor.com

This new mainstream encompassed political talk sites such as the Daily Kos and celebrity gossip sites like Gawker and Just Jared. Bloggers appeared on both sides of the ledger. Kleinberg, a computer scientist at Cornell University in Ithaca , N.Y., ... The Drudge Report, for example, wins a huge online following by displaying headlines from traditional news sites. But Drudge, in turn, drives traffic back to the original publications, creating a “win” for both parties. ...