Blogs as Influential as MTV, Mainstream Media

Sifry continues his 2005 update on the State of the Blogosphere:

This also has implications for enlightened marketers and media companies. There is power in the conversations going on around you, and not necessarily from the places that you’d ordinarily expect. Companies that work in conjunction with the trends going on in the long tail: e.g. fostering peoples voices, listening to and incorporating their comments and feedback, and fostering a community have a tremendous opportunity awaiting them.