Meetups in the News! Newsweek, New Haven Register, Miami Herald...

Some Meetup news bytes ...

Newsweek covers on the affect of "social networks" on politics. Meetups, of course, can't be ignored.

Scott Heiferman, the CEO of Meetup.com, the pioneering social-networking site that helped give Howard Dean early momentum in the 2004 presidential campaign, predicts social networks will soon eclipse television in terms of impact on politics. "Expect candidates to be on millions of MySpace and Facebook buddy lists, for sure," he says. "It's a big thing, a real populist revolution." Still, Heiferman believes political networking only reaches its full effectiveness when users take the next step: meeting in person. "People need to use the Internet to get off the Internet," he says. Link

Play New Haven Magazine on the affect of "text messages" on politics. Here, too, Meetups can't be ignored. Link

The Miami Herald explores the singles scene -- and finds themselves at a Meetup. (Even though we're not a dating site.)

''I actually really like Miami more because of Meetup. It was my savior,'' she said. ``It was all about friends. Our group is not considered a singles group but 95 percent of us are single. It gets you out there meeting people.''Link

In the Hudson Valley, the "Bayonne Concerned Parents Meetup" is springing into action to stop an apparent over-zelous school board from mandating school uniforms. These concerned parents are mobilizing -- watch out! Link

Big congrats to Suzzane Agasi, organizer of the SF Clothing Swap Meetup for her appearance on the TODAY show!