links for 2009-05-15

"What I think she's saying is that readers have been used to paying something to receive the news in a convenient format. I would argue that if you take away the format, paper, then you take away the reason to pay." - So can we create a new reason?

Wow. The WSJ completely missed the point here.

This shift towards digital learning on journalism course could have interesting side-effects.

Nice summation of the reasons commenting goes bad on many mainstream media sites

Stumbling blocks for paywalls (mixing my metaphors nicely, there)