From Blogs to Media: News of Quinn's Resignation Spreads (Slowly!)

Posted by VISITOR on Dec 28, 2005 12:42 PM EDT
ConsortiumInfo.org; By Andy Updegrove
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News reaches the Blogosphere quickly, and then takes longer than you'd expect to make it to the mainstream media.

It's been 24 hours since I first reported that Peter Quinn had resigned as the CIO of Massachusetts. In this entry, I pull together all of the additional information of note that has appeared on line thus far, including further details regarding why Quinn resigned, an official statement regarding what Massachusetts will do next regarding ODF, and the first report from the Boston Globe. I also follow the bread crumbs that show how news travels from the Blogosphere to the traditional media when a story breaks - in a word, it travels "slowly".

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