Celebrity Blog Set to Launch

Norman Mailer, David Mamet, Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Walter Cronkite, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harold Evans and Tina Brown are just a few of the 250-plus names recruited by Arianna Huffington, commentator, one-time Republican and candidate for governor of California, to create an über-blog that will offer a round-the-clock commentary on our life and times.

On www.huffingtonpost.com none of the contributors will be paid, although some of the content will be syndicated to more traditional media. And in a triumph for old media over new, such content will be edited and fact-checked.

Jay Rosen, who runs a blog called www.pressthink.org, told the New York Times: "These aren’t exactly people who lack voice or visibility in our culture. Gwyneth Paltrow has no incentive to speak candidly and alienate future ticket buyers."

Guardian article link.
Related link – list of celebrity bloggers.