From a reader:

You may not be able to link into this but give it a shot [i.e. subscriber-only]. It is an article from thestreet.com talking about how the traditional news sources, e.g., NYT, WaPo, Trib, need to develop answers to the blogosphere. The website comes at this from a financial survival point of view. These companies have to adapt or die. They are losing their readers. The writer notes how, “…my fingers no longer stain black when I read the news, and that spells trouble…” for the newsprint media. One solution mentioned so that these companies can survive is to buy the blog sponsors. That would be frightening.