links for 2009-04-10

Am I a buggy-whip person to think that newspapers still have more to give? TV didn't kill radio. The Web didn't kill books.

Are we just seeing an old calcified biz model that is letting a good thing suffocate?

Sure, cars killed the horse carriage, but they were quite overlapping. The Web and newpapers overlap, but are not the same thing. So why this sudden die-off?

"With The New York Times Co. threatening to close The Boston Globe if the Globe's unions don't accept $20 million in concessions, the fate of the paper has become a conversation starter – and stopper – among those near the nexus of power and money in this town. Who, the question goes, might be lining up to buy the newspaper and possibly stave off a shutdown?"

Hm, I'm also very optimistic and have lately been seeing biz opportunities in many things folks are shunning. Buffet says "Be greedy when folks are cautious, cautious when folks are greedy."