The launch event is going on live as we type this – but the site is up and running live.
Much discussion in the blogosphere over the last few days, here are some samples:
Jeff Jarvis: “I don’t wear PJs”
I never fully understood what Pajamas Media wanted to be and I understand it even less now that they are holding a gala, four-and-a-half-hour intro in New York at the Rainbow Room on Nov. 16 with Judy Miller as their keynote. Judy Miller? Judy Miller!
Pajamas, as I understand it, wanted to be an ad network. I don’t see huge advertiser demand for a bunch of mostly conservative political bloggers. At one time, they wanted to be some sort of syndicate but I said nobody would buy content. It seems they now want to be some sort of blog central thing
Co-Founder of Open Source Media Roger L. Simon weighs in before the launch event:
I am now at the Rainbow Room with my coffee, workers dashing past me setting up behid huge banners that say OSM – Open Source Media. We are seek trademark on the initials OSM and our chances seem good. We tried for osm.com, but that was taken by the Oregon Steel Mills. Maybe osm.org is just as good anyway. We’re lucky as it is. Three letter urls are not easy to get anymore.
And finally this naysayer weighs in – clearly tongue in cheek:
Faced with the “chaos and confusion among the commoners” which could result from today’s launch of Open Source Media, a portal to the best of the blogosphere, a coalition of mainstream media (MSM) outlets plans to launch “aggressive countermeasures.”
The professional journalism syndicate announced the impending launch of ‘Secret Source Media’, a website which it said would provide one-stop shopping for reliable, anonymously-sourced news.
Other Discussion: ProBlogger, DailyKos
You can also monitor the discussion at Technorati via this search.
We’ve also added OSM over at Blog Network List. My early prediction before we actually dig into their traffic at Tecnorati and Alexa is that they have alot of it.
Originally posted on November 16, 2005 @ 11:14 am