Press Release #10: Online Magazine Blogcritics.org Gives Powerful Voice to Bloggers, Provides Indispensable Service to Writers and Readers Worldwide

January 03, 2006
Eric Berlin

Award-winning online magazine Blogcritics.org explodes out of the gate in 2006, providing a well-lit, grassroots, E pluribus unum stage from which over 1,200 superior bloggers launch eye-opening and propulsive news stories, opinions, and reviews to savvy readers across the planet.

Blogs have penetrated into the public consciousness and are now part of the galactic zeitgeist. Once thought of as a repository for navel gazing or howling political rant-rage, blogs are now all-pervasive and cover every angle, nook, and cranny of public interest imaginable. In fact, The RSS Blog recently predicted that the "number of blogs in the United States will exceed the number of citizens" in 2006.

Professional editing and writing mentorship guides Blogcritics.org's "sinister cabal" and allows a kaleidoscopic bazaar of delights in music, politics, books, film, TV, pop culture, sports, and gaming to market 60 published stories daily. News, opinions, analysis and CD, film, DVD, book, and concert reviews round out an experience that draws tens of thousands of daily and voracious readers.

It's win-(slam dunk)-win for the best and brightest bloggers and readers alike.

"What we're doing is giving bloggers a community and a forum and a collective and powerful voice. We guide that voice and we give it direction, but it's essentially organic," Blogcritics.org founder and publisher Eric Olsen said during a recent Executive Board meeting.

"Our readers have come to depend on us to get a read on the news, what's going on in pop culture, reviews, and a unique spin on all of the above, right from one place. I hear from people all the time who make Blogcritics.org their home page. I couldn't be more proud that we've created something good for the blogosphere, good for the Internet, good for the world. There's literally no downside!"

About Blogcritics.org

Blogcritics.org is a new kind of online magazine, an interactive community in which writers and readers from around the globe talk about stories, issues, and products. If it's happening in the world - from global political issues to obscure rock bands, from the latest best selling novel to the TV shows that aired last night - Blogcritics.org has it covered.

Blogcritics.org was founded by Eric Olsen, who has enjoyed a 25-year career in writing and broadcasting on a vast array of topics including politics, music, and media. Co-owner Phillip Winn built Blogcritics.org, nearly from scratch, and continues to manage the technical and design elements of the site. Working with Olsen and Winn is a team of over twenty editors dedicated to making Blogcritics.org the premiere Web destination for interactive news, commentary, and reviews.

Blogcritics.org is an official Google News and My Yahoo! source, syndicates content to online editions of newspapers around the United States via the Advance family of websites, and has won numerous awards, including a Bloggie for best music site, Forbes.com's Best Media Blogs, and was recently showcased on the prestigious AlwaysOn and Technorati "Open Media 100" list.

Are you a blogger? Would you like to increase your visibility and reach a very large and growing audience? Then Blogcritics.org may be for you. Visit http://Blogcritics.org and click Become a Blogcritic for details.

For press inquiries, requests for interviews, sales and advertising information, or to opt out of future mailings, please contact:

Eric Berlin
Blogcritics.org Executive Producer
626.372.0778
dumpsterbust@gmail.com

Eric Olsen
Blogcritics.org Publisher
330.562.4692
ecolsen2003@cs.com

Craig Lyndall
Blogcritics.org Sales and Advertising
440.666.1087
clyndall@filteringcraig.com