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AmLaw's leap into the blogosphere

By Mark Obbie

The American Lawyer's long-awaited (well, among a select audience) overhaul of its Web site includes a surprisingly ambitious legal-news blog, The AmLaw Daily. It's legal news as defined by the magazine, meaning mostly the business of Am Law 200 firms. I waited a couple of days after learning of it to see what the staff would produce. The answer: a high volume of originally reported pieces, mixed in with blurbs about original reporting found elsewhere in the ALM empire. If I were in my old job there, I'd be mighty worried about how I could put out the same magazine with so many on the staff posting so much. But that's not my problem now -- and as readers we all gain from the unleashing of this previously monthly staff. The magazine will make all of its content free through July. After that, it goes back behind the subscriber gate. So take advantage while you can (including when the Am Law 100 and 200 are published). At the same time -- and beyond -- enjoy a new source of legal journalism in The AmLaw Daily.

Full post as published by Lawbeat on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).