The end of local newspapers

A worrying story reported on the BBC as: Media Wales and Daily Post job cuts 'death throes' of press.  It would seem that there is a place for local news, and most particularly a vehicle for holding local politicians accountable.  Yet, if the public won't buy the papers, if they prefer to get their news online and generic, then the business of newspapers seems defunct.

A Squirrel ate my internet

Andrew Blum talks about the physical internet.  The talk shows both its apparently infinite growth, and the fragility of the internet.