Essential analysis on the current state of reporting and the newsroom. "The Internet, we know, is the greatest invention since the Twinkie. It allows us to publish any time, all the time. But that doesn’t mean we have to ... [s]o let’s recognize the Wheel for what it is: a choice."

Alex Waldrop on NTRA digital initiatives. "The digital revolution is here, folks. And Thoroughbred racing is at the forefront of the technology. Perhaps we didn’t fire the first shot but we are definitely positioned to take full advantage of the worldwide changes that are coming."

"... the truth it doesn’t matter any more. The only question is are you a good journalist or a bad journalist?"

"As a device for the efficient consumption of MLB content, the iPad is so satisfying that I miss my cable television subscription -- and paying fees that ultimately make their way back to the franchises and the league -- even less than I did before."

"If journalism is going to survive, it has to deliver information to readers and viewers or listeners in a much more effective way. And one way you go about doing that is providing ways of surfacing information that is much more effective."

"When MLBAM started, it wasn't yet feasible to offer streaming video online, so MLBAM's first commercial product was online audio feeds. Its primary target was passionate baseball fans that had moved but still wanted to be able to follow their hometown team. To minimize conflicts with the clubs, it only let people listen to out-of-town games." From there, it grew.

A new cross-disciplinary degree program beginning 2011. This makes so much sense.

The rise and fall and rise again of Manhattan media.

"The truth is, if anything, it is the growth of the Internet itself — not link aggregation — that has undermined your businesses by destroying the virtual monopoly that you once held over the mass distribution of written news."

"... there's a reason the traditional newsroom model has lasted 150 years, that professional journalism is still considered so vital to a healthy democracy, that it's still a profession requiring years of training and education, and not just a casual hobby you engage in when you're a little drunk and you've read a few McLuhan books ..."

Inertia, maybe. Outdated web publishing systems, certainly.

MIT Media Lab/CMS department collaboration.

"Why We Should Feel Bullish For the Future of Journalism."

"At this point, people usually ask: But who’s going to *fund* these experiments? Answer: The experiments are already happening. Everywhere."

Also, who's going to pay for the news? Includes video of the speech.

Dave Winer calls for open source news platform and elimination of gatekeepers, including bloggers.

Mostly links on Web 2.0, media, publishing.

"As the world scrambles to master online video, crusty old baseball already has it figured out."