Tim O'Reilly, the Harvard-trained classical literature buff who made his name and fortune peddling geek books featuring funny animals, has turned his attention to the plight of newspapers in a post titled "SF Chronicle in Trouble?" He writes:
"We talk about creative destruction, and celebrate the rise of blogging as citizen journalism and Craigslist as self-service advertising, but there are times when something that seemed great in theory arrives in reality, and you understand the downsides. I have faith both in the future and in free markets as a way to get there, but sometimes the road is hard. If your local newspaper were to go out of business, would you miss it? What kinds of jobs that current newspapers do would go undone?"
An interesting discussion follows. Check it out.