"The best studies we can find say we are a nation of over 20 million bloggers, with 1.7 million profiting from the work ,and 452,000 of those using blogging as their primary source of income."

"Demographically, bloggers are extremely well educated: three out of every four are college graduates. Most are white males reporting above-average incomes. One out of three young people reports blogging, but bloggers who do it for a living successfully are 2% of bloggers overall. It takes about 100,000 unique visitors a month to generate an income of $75,000 a year. "

"As bloggers have increased in numbers, the number of journalists has significantly declined. In Washington alone, there are now 79% fewer DC-based employees of major newspapers than there were just few years ago. At the same time, Washington is easily the most blogged-about city in America, if not the world."

Apparently a Wall St. Journal article was incorrect, says Air America.

"Air America CEO Bennett Zier quickly clears up any misunderstandings caused by a Wall Street Journal article that portrayed the network as considering soliciting listener donations to augment their income. He explains that the company is considering a premium subscription/membership package, not a radiothon."

Nice summary of SF Netroots Nation.

"The feisty exchange between Moulitsas and Jeffery probably received the most attention for the day as they sparred on the topic of "The Evolution of Journalism." Where Jeffery took the tone that serious journalists need to be paid, Moulitsas essentially said that if people want to volunteer their time to provide quality investigative reporting, why not let them? That was only part of the debate and It's an ongoing problem yet to be solved in terms of where journalism is headed, but the panelists agreed that it still needs to shake out. (And later in another session, there was a question about where local readers will go if major newspapers die – to the blogs or somewhere else?)"