Citizen journalism guru Dan Gillmor ponders this question as he retells the death of a thousand revenue cuts that traditional media companies have suffered from online competitors.

That's how much an issue of Harper's magazine costs on the stand, with tax in.

I'm presuming Harper's doesn't care about newsstand sales and wants everyone to subscribe. For me, I generally like the content, but don't want to subscribe. And for whatver reason, I found the $9.15 price point to be high enough to make me leave it in the store.

One must wonder how much longer such magazines can survive without fully migrating to the Web (assuming the paper stock and printing costs are why the suckers are so expensive).

This May 2 Globe and Mail article is based on a Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development report, which says the water consumption by oil sands plants may well be unsustainable.

It's a few days late, but I'm talking about Game 7 between the Calgary Flames (BTW: Happy golfing, guys! Go brand some calves, or whatever else it is Calgarians do for spring fun! :) ) and the Edmonton Oilers on April 30, 1986.

In case you're wondering, in this NYT story, they're talking about areas either where Canadian troops are operating, or very nearby. :(

While Mark Smith, president of the White House Correspondents' Association, thought Stephen Colbert was pretty funny on Saturday, this NYT story makes it clear there's hardly consensus on that.

The TTC station at Bathurst and Bloor has an aged poster of a gas pump and some text about a friendly reminder that the TTC is still the better way (or some such nonsense).

The price on the pump for this historic relic?

Seventy-seven (77) cents per litre.

Outrageous! I'm surprised the economy didn't collapse back then! :)

From Tim Grieve's The War Room blog for Salon:

A former top aide to George W. Bush tells U.S. News and World Report that the president was visibly angered by Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night. "I've been there before, and I can see that he is [angry]," the former aide says. "He's got that look that he's ready to blow."

Grieve wrote a stirring defence of Colbert on Monday. (free with a daypass)