The New York Times has a movie blog, The Carpetbagger, by David Carr, part of a new online offering called The Red Carpet.

Deputy Managing Editor Jonathan Landman, in a memo to the staff: "Within a few days, we’ll put up a real estate blog by Damon Darlin and others. More blogs are in the works. Even more are at the idea stage."

More from the memo: "Blogs make some newspaper people nuts; they’re partisan, the thinking goes, and unfair and mean-spirited and sloppy about facts...It’s a pretty dopey argument. Indeed, some blogs are lousy. So are some newspapers. Some blogs reject journalism. Some practice it.

"The point is, a blog is nothing more than a piece of technology. It allows people to compile thoughts, connect with others and interact quickly with readers. People can use it any way they want to. It has no inherent ethical or moral quality, though it does have its own special power."

Amen.

Somebody tell Skube.

Flashback: In January, NYT managing editor Jill Abramson looked to Greensboro for some insight on newspapers and blogs.

Comments

[Anton Zuiker]

Bravo, NYT, and thank you Ed for telling us about the new convert in the tent.

[David Boyd]

Reckon their firewalled opinion folks will blog?

[John Robinson]

You know, I don't think we ever heard from Jill Abramson or any of her folks, unless you count Kit Seelye.

[Billy The Blogging Poet]

"Somebody tell Skube."

That could be Blogsboro's new motto.