Solid description of the challenges facing news organizations.

"That’s the newspaper business, or at least it was until recently. The average US paper runs more soft than hard news, uses more third-party content than anything created by their own staff, and reaches more people who care about local teams than local zoning. Telling the publishers of those papers to create a digital product so extraordinary that readers will pay full freight is a tacit admission that they do not know how to make such a product today."

"Bush was right. America’s finest hours have always been integrative and our most shameful ones prejudiced. Now, again, we have to pick, and we have an opportunity to learn from the protesters in Tahrir what political courage looks like."

More thoughts from Clay Shirky about WikiLeaks and its role as a stateless/international organization.

Clay Shirky takes a longer view of Wikileaks.

Clay Shirky analyzes Murdoch's early paywall efforts.

Clay Shirky discusses why paywalls will underperform.

Clay Shirky discusses his reading habits and sources of news and knowledge.

Interview between Nora Young and Clay Shirky about many aspects of the web and information.

Clay Shirky breaks down why traditional methods may not be the best way to think about categorizing the web. We need a method of categorization that is not based around limited physical space and resources.

Astute analysis about the collapse of complex business models in current society.