... How to Sink a Newspaper. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
Of course, to rack up the circulation figures the WSJ online has you have to have something to offer that people think is worth paying for. Since most newspapers seem to gauge their readers as a bunch of morons interested only in American Idol and the adventures of Paris Hilton - in other words, people who move their lips when they read - it's small wonder that those who like to read are taking their business elsewhere.
And there's The bias. The solution to any problem is contained in the structure of the problem itslef, so good reporting, by exploring the complexities and ambiguities of a given problem, goes much farther toward solving the problem than mere crusading - which starts with a presumed solution - ever can. Which is why good reporting is harder.
I think theft becomes really critical to distributing things online, so power of distribution and online connectivity may link. "Free" Internet never was: phone companies earn that cash.
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