Pop candy

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Pop Candy
URL	http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Blog
Owner	USA Today
Created by	Whitney Matheson
Current status	Active

Pop Candy is a blog concerning pop culture, including television, movies, comic books and music. Authored by Whitney Matheson, Pop Candy was initially a weekly column for USA Today. In 2006 Pop Candy won the Weblog Award for "Best Pop-Culture Blog."^[1]

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The blog is comprised of several stories in chronological order, with the newest being atop the page. Each mini-article has its own comments section. The blog is noted for being intersparsed with hyperlinks to details of the article. The site is updated several times a day and features an eclectic range of current events, highlighting entertainment news and discussions on her favorite TV shows such as Lost.

A recent addition to the blog has been a weekly hotline where the author, Whitney Matheson, accepts calls to a 1-800 number, and posts some of the questions asked on her blog.