New York University j-prof Clay Shirky wrote a blog posting on Friday that's been getting a lot of attention. In it, he posits the question of whether the current spasms rattling the news industry, primarily newspapers, is similar to the disruption seen after the invention of the printing press.

Given that the strategies the newspaper industry had for coping with the Internet have proven to be spectacularly wrong or inadequate, that leaves the unthinkable.

From AP via globeandmail.com:

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has chronicled the news of the city since logs slid down its steep streets to the harbour and miners caroused in its bars before heading north to Alaska's gold fields, will print its final edition Tuesday.

Hearst Corp., which owns the 146-year-old P-I, said Monday that it failed to find a buyer for the newspaper, which it put up for a 60-day sale in January after years of losing money. Now the P-I will shift entirely to the Web.

From CP via globeandmail.com:

The spectre of ads on CBC Radio is being raised as the public broadcaster meets behind closed doors to discuss its funding woes.

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting say the controversial tactic is just one of the harsh choices being considered as the CBC wrestles with a way to cope with the slumping economy in the next fiscal year. ...

In a speech to the Empire Club of Canada last week, CBC President Hubert Lacroix said several measures were being considered, including “increasing the advertising we accept on the air.”

I have some other, related stuff inside.

From The Globe and Mail:

Eating fish has always been touted as an excellent dietary source of protein, with Health Canada's food guide recommending everyone eat two servings a week. The recent craze over the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish has only added to the allure.

But is eating fish the best choice for health and the planet?

Although negative views about fish consumption are almost never expressed, a group of medical and fisheries experts is making an argument against eating the seafood in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

In an analysis being released Tuesday, they say that the purported benefits of fish for such things as cardiovascular health have been overstated, while the growing demand among health aficionados for the food is destroying global fish stocks.

“The public view is that fish are good for you. There is plenty of it and let's go for it,” said David Jenkins, a nutrition professor at the University of Toronto and lead author of the journal article. “I don't think either of those views should be as strongly held as they are.”