Blogging, which is no more a mere social hobby to voice your opinion on interesting topics, but over the years it has been transformed into the serious business. With major blogs having more than 100 million dollars valuation, blogging has changed the lives of these opinion makers. The blog directory websites like "technorati" itself have registered more than 150,000,000 blogs since 2002. According to the reports approximately 80% of the active internet users have read or subscribed to some or the other blog. So here is the list of few money makers who hit the bulls eye in this utterly clouded sphere called as "Blogosphere".
Here is the list of owners of top 10 blogs.
Here is the list of owners of top 10 blogs.
1. Arianna Huffington
Blog Huffington Post
Type of site News & blogging
Launched May 9, 2005
Located New York City, New York, U.S.
Key people Arianna Huffington, Editor-in-Chief
Tim Armstrong, Chief Executive Officer
Roy Sekoff, editor
Parent AOL
Slogan "The Internet Newspaper: News, Blogs, Video, Community"
Alexa rank 95 (July 2011)
Available in English
Current status Active
Blog Mashable
Type Social media,technology,mobiles
Launched July 2005
Located New York City, New York, U.S.
Key people Pete Cashmore, Chief Executive Officer
Adam Ostrow, Editor-in-Chief
Ben Parr, Editor-at-Large
Parent Mashable Inc.
Slogan "The Social Media Guide"
Alexa rank 176 (July 2011)
Current status Active
Blog Tech Crunch
Type Technology news and analysis
Launched June 11, 2005
Located New York,U.S
Key People Michael arrington
Dave Feldman, Product manager
Matt Scheinker, manager
Parent AOL
Alexa rank 217 (July 2011)
Current status Active
Blog Business Insider
Type Online Newsroom,Business
Launched February 2009
Located New York, USA
Key People Dwight Merriman
Kevin Ryan
Henry Blodget,former top-ranked Wall Street analyst
Parent Silicon Alley Insider, Inc.
Alexa rank 389(July 2011)
Current status Active
Blog TMZ
Type Celebrity news
Launched November 8, 2005
Located New York city, New York, US
Key People Harvey Levin
Parent Time Warner
Slogan Celebrity Gossip. Entertainment News. Celebrity News.
Alexa rank 354 (July 2011)
Current status Active. News-in media
Blog Gawker
Type News, gossips Blog network
Launched January 2003
Located New York, U.S
Key People Nick Denton (Publisher)
Remy Stern (Editor-in-Chief)
Brian Moylan/Richard Lawson
Parent Gawker media
Alexa rank 903 (July 2011)
Current status Active
Blog Gizmodo
Type Gizmo, Gadgets, technology blog
Launched 2002
Located New York, U.S
Key People Pete Rojas, co-founder
Joe Brown,Editorial Director
Jason Chen,Editor
Jesus Diaz,Senior Contributing Editor
Parent Gawker Media
Alexa rank 688 (July 2011)
Current status Online
Blog The daily Beast
Type News reporting and opinion blog
Launched 2008
Located New York, U.S
Key People Tina Brown (Editor in chief)
Christopher Buckley, Scott Turow, Mark McKinnon
Parent The Newsweek Daily Beast Company LLC
Alexa rank 1,377 (July 2011)
Current Status Active
2. Pete Cashmore
Blog Mashable
Type Social media,technology,mobiles
Launched July 2005
Located New York City, New York, U.S.
Key people Pete Cashmore, Chief Executive Officer
Adam Ostrow, Editor-in-Chief
Ben Parr, Editor-at-Large
Parent Mashable Inc.
Slogan "The Social Media Guide"
Alexa rank 176 (July 2011)
Current status Active
3. Michael Arrington
Blog Tech Crunch
Type Technology news and analysis
Launched June 11, 2005
Located New York,U.S
Key People Michael arrington
Dave Feldman, Product manager
Matt Scheinker, manager
Parent AOL
Alexa rank 217 (July 2011)
Current status Active
4. Henry Blodget
Blog Business Insider
Type Online Newsroom,Business
Launched February 2009
Located New York, USA
Key People Dwight Merriman
Kevin Ryan
Henry Blodget,former top-ranked Wall Street analyst
Parent Silicon Alley Insider, Inc.
Alexa rank 389(July 2011)
Current status Active
5. Faiz Shakir
Blog Think Progress
Type News and forum of progressive ideas and policies
Launched 2005
Located Washington D.C., U.S
Key People Faiz Shakir
Ben Armbruster
Amanda peterson
Parent Center for American Progress Fund
Alexa rank 6,448 (July 2011)
Current status Active
6. Peter Rojas
Blog Engadget
Type Gadgets, technology weblog
Launched March, 2004
Located New York city, New York, U.S
Key People Peter Rojas, founder
Darren Murph, managing director
Vlad sanov, senior Associate
Parent AOL
Alexa rank 316 (July 2011)
Current status Online
7. Harvey Levin
Blog TMZ
Type Celebrity news
Launched November 8, 2005
Located New York city, New York, US
Key People Harvey Levin
Parent Time Warner
Slogan Celebrity Gossip. Entertainment News. Celebrity News.
Alexa rank 354 (July 2011)
Current status Active. News-in media
8. Nick Denton
Blog Gawker
Type News, gossips Blog network
Launched January 2003
Located New York, U.S
Key People Nick Denton (Publisher)
Remy Stern (Editor-in-Chief)
Brian Moylan/Richard Lawson
Parent Gawker media
Alexa rank 903 (July 2011)
Current status Active
9. Pete Rojas
Type Gizmo, Gadgets, technology blog
Launched 2002
Located New York, U.S
Key People Pete Rojas, co-founder
Joe Brown,Editorial Director
Jason Chen,Editor
Jesus Diaz,Senior Contributing Editor
Parent Gawker Media
Alexa rank 688 (July 2011)
Current status Online
10. Tina Brown
Blog The daily Beast
Type News reporting and opinion blog
Launched 2008
Located New York, U.S
Key People Tina Brown (Editor in chief)
Christopher Buckley, Scott Turow, Mark McKinnon
Parent The Newsweek Daily Beast Company LLC
Alexa rank 1,377 (July 2011)
Current Status Active