We don't have anything like LiveJournal in the USA, where a bunch of blogs are on the same site. Most travel, pop culture and social commentary writers have stand alone sites, but they don't receive a lot of comments or reader interaction. That's why I like LJ, it's easy to communicate with a lot of different people on the same platform. For news, I think most Americans visit two main sites - CNN.com or Foxnews.com. Then, there are stand alone sites that publish more provocative stories like http://www.drudgereport.com/ (very right wing/conservative). And there's a popular site called "Gawker," which is more yellow like LJ. They publish political stories, entertainment stories, etc. But English speaking Internet is entirely different than RuNet. It's more calm and less aggressive, esp. the dialogue in comments. :) Pop culture sites include TMZ.com, the stories there get a lot of comments!!