Once for micropayments, now against

Edward Wasserman, a professor of journalism ethics, has had a change of heart regarding the implementation of micropayments to save the newspaper industry. In his article for the Miami Herald, Wasserman doesn’t go down the “information wants to be free” route; instead, he considers how readers use the Internet:

Live blogging the 2009 Grammy Awards

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards are being telecast live from Los Angeles on CBS tonight. For those who want to get their live-blog on, here are a few outlets to choose from:

ArjanWrites

Paste Magazine

Pop & Hiss (Los Angeles Times’ music blog)

Pop Life (Sean Daly’s music blog for the St. Petersburg Times)

PopWatch (Entertainment Weekly‘s pop culture blog)

Prefixmag

StereoGum

New York Times editor Bill Keller on the newspaper industry

New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller recently addressed readers’ questions on the state of the newspaper industry, often with regard to the Times and the predicted decline of print. A few highlights:

On newspapers turning to a nonprofit model (note that he echoes the criticism of nonprofits by Jonathan Weber):