This is already old news, but Google has bought Pyra, the company behind the Blogger service. I won’t pretend to be a pundit (though I know a few), but I’d be in agreement with the consensus expressed at Live From The Blogosphere that this is the year that weblogs will really hit the mainstream.
I can’t wait to see how this will all develop.
If you want to read the pundits’ views, check out the following, in addition to Dan Gillmor’s article, linked first above: