After years of being accused of playing the role of all four horsemen in the apocalypse of tradition media, Google has just whipped up a feature that may prove to be the answer to paid content newspapers have been desperate for. According to Nieman Lab, the system would be an "extension of Google Checkout." Ironically the plan is apparently Google's response to the Newspaper Association of America's cry for help where paid content is concerned. (more...)

VIDEO Stupid. The definition of stupidity. Idiotic. Beyond belief. A Disaster. These are the words that Steve Brill uses to describe the way media outlets are passing out their wares for free on the web in an interview with The Atlantic's Bob Cohn at the Aspen Ideas Festival. (more...)