Dave Lee, a corporate cousin of mine at the office, took this snapshot of MKEonline.com seen on his brand spanking new PlayStation Portable. By his account, the Wi-Fi performance via the current hack is really slow, but it's doable. As of today I don't think the PSP is the Nemesis Gadget we fear, but given […]

ABC News' Michael S. Malone : "These days, when I take the kids to school, the only newspaper lying on my driveway is the Wall Street Journal (my paper recycle bin is amazingly light these days). I only subscribe to that because my wife likes to read it in print form. If not for her, […]

Lifted from Metafilter:
"Berliner? Or broadsheet. Or tab? Your newspaper may be changing, its looks, its ownership and how it markets itself. Do you value or even need your local paper? Or can you and your neighbors do it yourself?"
The discussion in the post's comments is telling.
etaoin's post and related discussion/comments [Metafilter]

Can Knight Ridder, Tribune and Gannett work together to out-Google Google News? Looks like they're going to try.
Major newspaper publishers buy a piece of online news site [ORJ]
Newspaper publishers invest in online news site [Pittsburg Post-Gazette]
Newspapers invest in Topix.net [CBS MarketWatch]

We all know eBay has won the hearts and minds of junk-loving, one-time rummage sale aficionados, but this article spins newspapers making a fighting comeback against Monster.com and Yahoo! HotJobs. Oddly enough, newspapers' competitive edge through local, local, local connections to local, local, local markets is only lightly touched on by the writer, and the […]

Microsoft may return to more standards-compliant behavior in its next Internet Explorer release. After the nightmare I had recently about the block vs. inline and div height CSS changes from IE5 to IE6, I might finally go Zeldman with my commerical site designs. We'll see.
Microsoft yielding to IE standards pressure? [C|net]

The second annual report by Columbia Univeristyâ??s Project for Excellence in Journalism; compares industry trends in print, broadcast, and online media.
State of the News Media 2005 [Journalism.org]
Related coverage:
State of the Media 2005: New Roles for News [Poynter]
On Fox News, No Shortage of Opinion, Study Finds [WashingtonPost.com]
Fewer Sources Go Nameless in the Press, Survey Shows [NYT]
Study: […]

This New York Times article reports media analysts saying "newspapers are cannibalizing themselves" by posting news content online with free access. The story then illustrates the real crux of the issue by citing executives at NYT, Washington Post and USA Today about charging for access to online news. Their response? Let the other guy try […]

"Nearly one in three Internet users read an online newspaper in January, according to Nielsen//NetRatings' combined Home and Work Internet audience panel. Looking at audience usage from a local perspective, 18 percent of Internet users read an online newspaper in an average month, according to comScore Network's LocalScore panel."
Newspapers' Web Sites Improve Audience Reach [Digital […]

Rich Gordon of Medill: "Since the beginning of the Web, publishers have made the case that the Internet is the most measurable medium ever â?? one that allows accurate measurement of site usage and advertising effectiveness. But while site administrators are awash in data, many have found that the numbers generate as much confusion as […]