What is news? Just something that you hadn't heard before, or does it need to be related either to you or the things you care about? If scientist discover something - say a new particle - which does nothing more than help fill out the blanks in some theories, is it news or just an event?
What is a paper? Just a random collection of stories, to fill time and become "tomorrows fish'n chips wrapping"? Or can it delivery some sort of total experience, giving you a bigger picture than the parts, even when it has no idea which ones you decide to actually read on any given day. Is it all about making a statement of intent - bringing you the news you ought to read along with the news you think you'd like to read? To challenge you and give you insights and angles you would not come up with on your own? For a tabloid newspaper, the income from the actual sale of the paper more or less covers the printing and distribution - which means that all the content (and any profit) comes from the advertisers...
What is the web? A huge collaboration or lots of deserted, stranded islands pumping out the same stories over and over? Why should there be 150 or 874 almost identical pieces on a major event? Why not have a networked, intergrated approach, where the only thing you do is add something on to an ongoing "conversation" rather than just rehashing wire stories or speculations from other sites?
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...and the sun is great - a week of true summer, still going strong...
