Now that the flame has been extinguished for another Olympic games, it's now on to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, where I know both the U.S. and of course Canada will do extremely well. NBC will televise those games, and just like Salt Lake City, they will have no problem in covering the marquee events like figure skating live in primetime. We'll find out in over 500 days.
And now...
TEN YEARS AGO...
Ten years ago today on Monday, August 24, 1998, "The Allen Report" was born. The very first story in what was "The Daily Dose" was "Blade" being the #1 movie, but things were very slow as I was covering entertainment/celebrity news.
That changed when "Daily Dose" became "NewsBeat" that November and I would cover the serious news first with the entertainment stuff last. In the summer of 1999, the site took a break; thanks to some much-needed software, it returned with a whole new look in the fall. At the turn of the century, "The Allen Report" would become one of the most popular websites thanks to my usual commentaries in "The Plain Truth", which I'll get to later.
Along the way, "NewsBeat" would grow and prosper with many features ("Closer To Home", "News Brief", "Dollars and Deals", "Health Beat", "Last But Not Least", "Feature Story", "NewsBeat Sports", "Covering The Coverage") being added, with the entertainment/celebrity stories remaining in the back as "The Last Page" and later "Page Three." We had short-lived sections like "Question of the Week", "NewsBeat Extra" (in-depth looks at the big stories); and when she was really, really big and is well on her way to being so again, "Britneywatch" with an accompanying "Babblin' Bout Britney" in "Plain Truth."
The annual "Year in Review", also started in '98, was so boring that the following year I decided to add in an element: Web polls to decide the year's sexiest celebrities.
And last but not least...there's "The Plain Truth" (originally "A Few Paragraphs from Jonathan Allen" and later "The Bottom Line"). It was one of the reasons the Allen Report was a huge success, mostly because I always had something to say about the week's news and other everyday matters.
"The Allen Report" ended its nice 5 3/4 year run on Wednesday, May 12, 2004; I ended that day's "NewsBeat" by saying "See you tomorrow"...only that there was no tomorrow. I would continue posting on Usenet newsgroups and I still did the 2004 Year In Review on another server.
Finally, in the summer of 2005, I said to myself "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"...the ever exploding blogosphere, that is! "The Allen Report" returned as "The AllenBlog", picking up where the old site left off. And as always, I was never afraid to speak my mind.
And now a decade later, here we are. I thank you very much for ten years of continued success; here's to ten more. And like I've said almost every time since 2005...so long and stay strong!
Ten years ago today on Monday, August 24, 1998, "The Allen Report" was born. The very first story in what was "The Daily Dose" was "Blade" being the #1 movie, but things were very slow as I was covering entertainment/celebrity news.
That changed when "Daily Dose" became "NewsBeat" that November and I would cover the serious news first with the entertainment stuff last. In the summer of 1999, the site took a break; thanks to some much-needed software, it returned with a whole new look in the fall. At the turn of the century, "The Allen Report" would become one of the most popular websites thanks to my usual commentaries in "The Plain Truth", which I'll get to later.
Along the way, "NewsBeat" would grow and prosper with many features ("Closer To Home", "News Brief", "Dollars and Deals", "Health Beat", "Last But Not Least", "Feature Story", "NewsBeat Sports", "Covering The Coverage") being added, with the entertainment/celebrity stories remaining in the back as "The Last Page" and later "Page Three." We had short-lived sections like "Question of the Week", "NewsBeat Extra" (in-depth looks at the big stories); and when she was really, really big and is well on her way to being so again, "Britneywatch" with an accompanying "Babblin' Bout Britney" in "Plain Truth."
The annual "Year in Review", also started in '98, was so boring that the following year I decided to add in an element: Web polls to decide the year's sexiest celebrities.
And last but not least...there's "The Plain Truth" (originally "A Few Paragraphs from Jonathan Allen" and later "The Bottom Line"). It was one of the reasons the Allen Report was a huge success, mostly because I always had something to say about the week's news and other everyday matters.
"The Allen Report" ended its nice 5 3/4 year run on Wednesday, May 12, 2004; I ended that day's "NewsBeat" by saying "See you tomorrow"...only that there was no tomorrow. I would continue posting on Usenet newsgroups and I still did the 2004 Year In Review on another server.
Finally, in the summer of 2005, I said to myself "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"...the ever exploding blogosphere, that is! "The Allen Report" returned as "The AllenBlog", picking up where the old site left off. And as always, I was never afraid to speak my mind.
And now a decade later, here we are. I thank you very much for ten years of continued success; here's to ten more. And like I've said almost every time since 2005...so long and stay strong!
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