America’s Newest Profession: Bloggers for Hire

April 20th, 2009 · No Comments

By MARK PENN with E. KINNEY ZALESNE
From The Wall Street Journal Microtrends Column

In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are lawyers. Already more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans working as computer programmers, firefighters or even bartenders.

Paid bloggers fit just about every definition of a microtrend: Their ranks have grown dramatically over the years, blogging is an important social and cultural movement that people care passionately about, and the number of people doing it for at least some income is approaching 1% of American adults.

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