Jamie Mottram, Yahoo! Sports Blogs

Take us through your time line of early Mister Irrelevant, AOL, the relaunch of Mister Irrelevant, The Blog Show, and finally Yahoo:

At the time I started Mr. Irrelevant (March ‘04), I was a Community Manager for AOL Sports and a bunch of other AOL verticals, as they were called: Games, News, Personal Finances, Autos, etc. Mr. Irrelevant beget Pigskins Bloggers which beget Sports Bloggers Live which beget FanHouse. I think it was FanHouse that ultimately caught the attention of Yahoo! Sports, and I was hired there in October. Somewhere along the line, we started doing Blog Show on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic as well, probably due to my experience hosting Sports Bloggers Live and love affair with Dan Steinberg.

What is your favorite part about being a blogger and a blog editor?

I love sports, and I love media. Always have, always will. But the part about working in a medium that’s new and emerging and uncertain makes it all the better. And I really love the instant gratification. I’m kind of addled by it, actually.

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