Three US political blog owners are joining together to form Pajamas Media.

Little Green Footballs, Roger Simon and Armed Liberal will seek editorial advice from other heavily trafficked bloggers such as Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.

The idea of Pajamas Media is to use an extensive network of globally affiliated blogs to provide first-person, in-depth coverage of most major news events, including both camera and video footage, Roger Simon said.

Using as an example the tsunami that swept through parts of Asia and Africa in January, Mr. Simon said bloggers managed to post hundreds of updates, first-person accounts, and video clips, often before major press organizations could deploy their staffs. With 162 affiliate blogs in dozens of different countries, according to Mr. Simon, the new venture will have the ability to get “in the middle of stories” that major news organizations can’t, “because our affiliates will have a physical proximity, language, and cultural knowledge that the Associated Press man will often lack.”

One of the first goals is to get the affiliate bloggers laptops and video cameras.
Money will be raised through advertising and investors and a start up date hasn’t been fixed yet.

Roger Simon posts about his involvement and the concept.