PaidContent digs in, with characteristic thoroughness, on the startling fact that Newsday has sold only 35 online paid sub. Interesting read with some comments from Newsday.
The Congressional Budget Office see the economy at a worst point in terms of jobs and debt, with stabilization and improvement occurring over the next two years. Brad DeLong shares the most salient charts from the Economic & Budget Outlook. (via Grasping Reality with Both Hands)
The inability to access credit continues to plague small businesses. You would think that this would be a fundamental focus of administration policy in order to protect jobs. On the other hand, consumption is down so receivables are down so the lending basis for most businesses is down. (via Econobrowser)
The apartment marketing community continues to have some of the most interesting and somewhat fact-based dialogues about the relative impact and value of different marketing channels, with a particular interest in the role of social media. Industry vet Mike Brewer is starting a series of posts that should be an interesting consolidation of the disparate topics around some observations from a MarketingSherpa research piece.
An argument that personal online reputation will become a bigger aspect of our social identity in the future. (via I’mNotActuallyaGeek)
If the situation is so dire, why are politicians acting like children, Tom Friedman asks. (via TheNewYorkTimes)
Alan Patrick summarizes and gives some perspective on the debate of whether the Venture Capital model is working as currently constituted. A useful proxy for broader equity investment classes as well. (via Broadstuff)
Has the golden age of Web 2.0 morphed into a world of walled gardens? What does it mean for your Internet strategy. Josh Bernoff gives Forrester’s perspective. Interesting relative to the “content will be free” and “free/freemium” debates. (via Groundswell)
