Monday, March 10, 2008

Strewth spawns two new sites

The Chronicle crowed a little too early after the demise of popular blog site Strewth.  The region's brief fling with press freedom spawned two sons of Strewth which appeared overnight on the internet.

Blog sites Bring back Strewth and Strewth Reloaded have received a record number of hits from people who either missed Strewth when it was taken down or were alerted to its presence by the Chronicle's outrageous attack. 

The Chronicle's histrionics have backfired. That level of publicity could never be bought and the community has responded with gusto. 

Nancy should be applauded for being so unintentionally public spirited.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You've done a very nice job of this site. I sympathise with your rationale for creating it totally. When I left school I was pretty keen on journalism, but baulked at the prospect of joining the cretin rag. All this online journalism has led me to believe that maybe if we all pulled together, we could get a real paper on the road..... maybe...