Romenesko linked to a few other good tidbits in reaction to the NYT TimesSelect decision in addition to the WSJ item immediately below.

From PaidContent.org via Romenesko:

Murdoch gave his strongest statements to date the WSJ.com will go free following the purchase. He says they haven't made up their mind completely, but that the company doesn't feel it would hurt subscription revenues and that any lost revenue would be more than made up from increased readership and search engine traffic.

--When asked about Wall St.'s fears that News Corp might make another big, costly move, Murdoch mused "well I might make another good move", referring to MySpace and Fox News, both of which were deemed foolish, but have turned out rather well.

Since last summer, I've been searching for a replacement copy of Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos.

An e-mail showed up in my inbox tonight: Discogs had a seller!

I exult! I click on the link!

I find ... nothing. Here's the message I got:

Found 0 items matching Release: 578408

I am a broken and crushed man as I write this. However, I will recover -- and the search will continue.

One British activist thinks "the end is nigh" approach on the dangers of abrupt climate change might be turning people off.

The Iraqis are mightily pissed with Blackwater USA, a private security firm whose trigger-happy ways left nine Iraqis dead. Iraq wants to revoke the company's operating licence, but can it do so?

Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Allan Greenspan has clarified a comment in his new memoir about how "the Iraq War is largely about oil." The funny thing, however, is how the Bushies can't bring themselves to say that oil had anything to do with the war.

As reported earlier this summer, the New York Times will stop charging for access to columnists and will allow free searches of a large proportion of its archival material.