New York area blog spawns book deal, NBC sitcom
{{date|July 28, 2005}}

Called the "[[w:Carrie Bradshaw|Carrie Bradshaw]]" of bloggers by the ''New York Times'', Manhattanite [[w:New York City|New Yorker]] Stephanie Klein's online musings in her personal blog, ''Greek Tragedy'', has gained the attention of [[w:Hollywood|Hollywood]] and the book industry while it draws comparisons to former [[w:HBO|HBO]] television series, ''[[w:Sex and the City|Sex and the City]]''.

Since January 2004, Klein has written her blog which goes into the intimate details of her life as a 29-year-old professional divorced single woman living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, one of New York City's most upscale neighborhoods. Since then her blog has become among the top 1 percent most-read blogs in the world, according to [[w:Technorati|Technorati]]'s "net attention" ratings system.

That popularity grabbed the attention of two international media conglomerates, [[w:News Corporation|News Corporation]] and [[w:NBC Universal|NBC Universal]]. News Corp.'s [[w:HarperCollins|HarperCollins]] book division struck a book deal with Klein valued at more than $500,000. The book is scheduled to debut in April 2006.

Comparisons to ''Sex and the City'' may continue, as NBC Universal is developing the blog-based book into a fictionalized weekly sitcom version of Klein’s life for its [[w:National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] television network.

==External link==
* [http://stephanieklein.blogs.com/ Greek Tragedy blog site]

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.corante.com/newyork/archives/2005/07/26/the_carrie_bradshaw_of_new_york_bloggers.php
|title=The Carrie Bradshaw of New York bloggers
|author=Dominic Basulto
|pub=Corante
|date=July 27, 2005}}

*{{SourceReg|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/fashion/sundaystyles/24KLEIN.html
|title=Reader, I Dated Him
|author=Stephanie Rosenbloom
|pub=New York Times
|date=July 24, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cjrdaily.org/archives/001699.asp
|title=Judge Roberts? Yawn. Stephanie Klein? Yowza!
|author=Samantha Henig
|pub=Columbia Journalism Review
|date=July 28, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://nycconsigliere.blogspot.com/2005/08/greeked-tragedy-stephanie-klein-puff.html
|title=Greek'ed Tragedy, Stephanie Klein, the Puff Daddy of Chic Lit
|author=Christopher London
|pub=Nyc Consigliere's Corner
|date=August 16, 2005}}

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Called the "Carrie Bradshaw" of bloggers by the New York Times, Manhattanite New Yorker Stephanie Klein's online musings in her personal blog, Greek Tragedy, has gained the attention of Hollywood and the book industry while it draws comparisons to former HBO television series, Sex and the City.

Since January 2004, Klein has written her blog which goes into the intimate details of her life as a 29-year-old professional divorced single woman living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, one of New York City's most upscale neighborhoods. Since then her blog has become among the top 1 percent most-read blogs in the world, according to Technorati's "net attention" ratings system.

That popularity grabbed the attention of two international media conglomerates, News Corporation and NBC Universal. News Corp.'s HarperCollins book division struck a book deal with Klein valued at more than $500,000. The book is scheduled to debut in April 2006.

Comparisons to Sex and the City may continue, as NBC Universal is developing the blog-based book into a fictionalized weekly sitcom version of Klein’s life for its NBC television network.

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