**News about the SD Blogosphere

Todd Epp at his blog of many ads and PP at his War College of many T-Shirts have been hyping big news coming in the SD BlogOsphere.. Well, it now appears that That SD blog cutting edge is actually an area of the excellent KELOLAND site.

What Epp and PP have been huffing air into and suggesting will let a lot of the hot air out of SibbyOnline seems to be somewhat less than their airy posts seemed to suggest even if a very interesting idea anyway. KELO site is putting RSS feeds of several SD blogs under the Heading for "Political Blogs".

The information without any of my slant is available at Epp's site and as a new development in SD blogs warrants your attention even if political blogs are not a primary interest of yours.

LINK--Todd Epp's Post on the Big Deal in Blogs at KELOLAND

And the links in Epp's story which may be useful in the future if you are interested in several SD blogs.

LINK--All the Blogs Linked from KELO including news, Lund, Hemmingsen

And the direct link right to the red meat of the "Political Blogs".
LINK--KELOLAND RSS of POLITICAL BLOGS

This does seem to be a major marker on the SD information highway related to the "BlogOsphere" here in SD. It indicates a willingness of sorts that the mainstream media sees a place for blogs (besides their own) in the world of politics, information, and entertainment. This is sure to have ripples of several other kinds which may ultimately be even more significant in the future.

Without helping too much to inflate the egos of the bloggers involved, this really may be a kind of watershed blog moment in SD and perhaps not surprising it is KELO doing it and not the ARGUS, or the RC JOURNAL or any of the other mainstream media in SD, or SD Public Broadcasting. KELOLand has consistently led in the use and exploitation of the internet in ways to benefit their traditional media and vice versa for their internet media, so perhaps their being in the front of this should not surprise us.

And there is also other news of an internet site in the Sioux Falls area that has goals which may conflict with KELO and the ARGUS dominance of information markets in eastern South Dakota. That too is a developing story with possibly large future implications. So, congratulations to all involved.

**Stay tuned..these are interesting times in the SD Blogosphere even if you are not riding a Trojan Horse--Doug Wiken