And the envelope, please: How many people does it take to run an online-only metro news site? The answer appears to be 22, a number some occultists are said to believe holds psychic powers. Hearst, psychic, who'd a thunk it? That's the number I've heard from outsiders and that's the approximation we...

GlobalPost  will get a lot of digital ink Monday, and deservedly so. It takes moxie to launch a news enterprise into the deep, winter gloom of The Worst Economic Downturn Since the Great Depression. It's like Henry Luce founding Fortune in 1930. GlobalPost founders Phil Balboni and Charlie Sennott ...

When's the last time you checked out Real Clear Politics? Been, say, a little less than a month? Huff Post's announcement of new $25 million funding brings RCP to mind. Yes, RCP seems like more of a single-purpose poll aggregation site, though it stepped out from that in becoming a political (and ot...

The punditocracy is unanimous on one point: Barack Obama's campaign set a new standard, both in strategy and execution. While he goes off to the even-tougher business of governing, let's look at what the press, journalism as we know it, can learn from the Obama's barrier-busting two-year journey: 1....

How fast can you paddle? That's the unabated message of today's ABC FAS FAX circulation numbers being reported. They cover the six-month period, through March 31. Overall, the water keeps rising: 3.5% down daily, and 4.5% down Sunday. Those are in line with what we've now seen for more than three ye...

The dots are getting more interesting to connect. Consider the TV and film writers strike. What sparked it? The concern that digital revenue will soon surpass what writers have been taking through traditional channels led to the strike. And since it's really tough to estimate digital revenues -- and...