"Do that by making customers of users. Sell premium search (and other) services, and provide hand-holding support."

A brief survey of why news sites should link out. it makes the reader's life easier.

There are 5 beachheads that must be established in order to successfully reinvent media. Attacking everything head-on is a recipe for disaster and will allow outside groups the ability to innovate and supplant incumbents.

"Here’s a great idea for local TV news departments: start streaming, 24/7/365, on the Net."

Doc Searls writes about what would happen if Flickr were to fail.

"So, why don’t you have your own policy? Why can’t you be as trustworthy on the Web as you are walking into any store off the street? The reason is that you have no status on the Web itself beyond the minima implied by the term “user.” Whatever status you experience is what’s granted by site owners. You are the client. Your position is submissive. The dominant party is in charge, and there are a billion-plus of those."