LATimes.com:
The Big Picture: As the writers strike enters its third week, I think the future belongs to a tantalizing new hyphenate: the writers-entrepreneur. […]
“Writers who create something rare — a story with great, original characters that movie stars will cut their price to play — have a real value,” says Mandate production chief Nathan Kahane. […]

WashingtonPost.com:
Rupert Murdoch’s announcement this week that he expects to stop charging for access to the Wall Street Journal’s Web site is the latest example of a publisher giving up on the subscription-based business model — a significant shift in the evolution of online content.
In recent months, the Economist, the New York Times and the Financial Times […]

WiltonVillager.com:
Laurel Touby never set out to become an entrepreneur, yet she recently sold her company for $23 million.
Building a Web site was never in her mind as she pursued a creative writing career, yet her Web site has more than 700,000 registered users and gets more than a million unique visitors each month.
“I never dreamed […]

WCCO:
“Minnesota is a land filled with lots of places to get information but, by the end of the year, there will be one more. It’s called MinnPost.com, an Internet daily run by the former publisher of the Star Tribune.
“We are not focused on quantity. We won’t be focused on updating every story every five minutes,” […]