Media death watch—and rebirth watch

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By David Rothman

• Don’t bail out newspapers—Let them die and get out of the way, Daniel Lyons’ essay in Newsweek. Thanks for the pointer from Felix Torres, who adds: “Substitute ‘major publishers’ for ‘newspapers’ and his arguments ring even more true.”
• A Washington Post account mentioning Newsweek’s own travails, by Frank Ahrens.
• Bay Area online news renaissance: 7 pointers forward, in Content Bridges.
• San Diego hyperlocal site launches ‘U.S. local news network, in Local Onliner.

Related: War of the publishing models: Sarah Palin’s pub dreads e-books, while Tina Brown’s news partner gets nimble with E.

Image: From Wikipedia.

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