The Atlantic :: Magazine :: How to Save the News.
Esteemed journalist James Fallows pens an article about how Google is trying to create conditions that will help pay-for-journalism survive in the free, online news world. He clearly lays out the problems of sticking with print and convincing advertisers of the value of an online ad. The real interesting part is the last third: how we might start to find and pay for good content. From the perspective of Google, this makes sense–more reliable searches with better content.
My blog has been quiet for awhile because I’ve been “too busy to read.” I’m working on that problem, because reading and writing are too central to how we think. It’s like I’ve been holding my breath for a month.