MSNBC, which coincidentally launched the exact same day (nearly 10 years ago) as indieWIRE, is flooding the Internet with web-based advertising. Stuart Elliott reports on the campaign in The New York Times today, giving indieWIRE its third recent NY Times plug about online advertising (although we still aren't a blog):

Among the 800 blogs that will run the ads are Adrants, Althouse, Curbed, Daily Kos, Gothamist, IndieWire, Largehearted Boy, Talking Points Memo and TV Newser. Buying ads on 800 blogs is a major commitment to that fledgling medium.