Andrés Martinez: "Newspapers are undoubtedly in for a period of wrenching change, especially in terms of how the product will be delivered. But we are hardly the equivalent of horse-drawn-buggy manufacturers at the dawn of the automobile era. That's because our core product - thoroughly reported, reliable information - has never been more valuable."
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A million monkeys with a million typewriters blogs may soon get paid an annual dividend of $0.02 for their efforts.
News network to pay 'citizen journalists' [News.com]

Merrill Brown: "In short, the future of the U.S. news industry is seriously threatened by the seemingly irrevocable move by young people away from traditional sources of news."
(Well, "threatened" only if publishers don't change their practices to respond to changes in their markets, which should not be a revelation. Here's another pundit discovering 18-to-34-year-olds pick […]

Your Web site's national and world feeds, animations, and Customwire templates are going to cost more next year.
AP to Impose Online Licensing Fees [Yahoo! News]

Charles Buchwalter, vice president of client analysis for Nielsen//Netratings, reportedly cites the key for publishers seeking to increase page views and revenue is to follow three key rules of engagement:
"* Align content with passions,
"* Enable kindred spirit discovery (thefacebook.com, eHarmony, myspace.com, ancestry.com), and
"* Build a better mousetrap (blackboard.com, Google, Intuit, Expedia, eBay, bill pay […]

Adobe, maker of Photoshop and Illustrator, will merge this fall with Macromedia, maker of Flash. Time to put an upgrade to PhotoFlash CSX2 Web Suite on the Christmas wishlist.
Macromedia to merge with Adobe [The Register]
Official press release [Adobe.com]