Andrew Keen expands on some thoughts he first delivered at the Future of News talk at Rye High last Friday with Clay Shirky and Mathew Ingram.

From the Christian Science Monitor story's subhead: "Anna Politkovskaya was murdered three years ago, but her killers have not been brought to justice. Russian journalists say that's a sign of how dangerous their jobs have become."

A Harris-Decima poll conducted for The Canadian Press finds a slim majority of Canadians would support a newspaper bailout -- 51 per cent for, 46 per cent against.

Eighty-seven per cent of respondents said newspapers play an important role in the news media -- and frankly, they're right. Newspapers largely set the news agenda in their communities.