Month: October 2008

  • Funding improbable beginnings

    A post by Susan Mernit reminded me that the deadline to for a spot in the 2009 edition of the Knight News Challenge is looming. A piece of $5 million is up for grabs for projects submitted by Nov. 1 and that then make the check cut. This is the third year in the five-year…

  • Bail money

    Interesting Web site Mark Cuban helped make happen: BailoutSleuth.com. Good idea!

  • Feeling needed

    Ethan Kaplan is at his best when he gets his rant on: Newspapers – You’ve been given 15 years now to figure out how to change your business model around. In that time, a small San Francisco company killed your classified ad market, you guys lost the best people in your offices to startups and…