A prescription for the newspaper industry

This is drivel. The author labels Google "pirates" for linking to AP content and states that there would be no online marketplace for music if the RIAA hadn't sued napster, even though the pirated music marketplace is vastly larger than it was in 1999.

A prescription for newspapers is specialization. Let the AP be replaced by a looser agreement for content sharing between sources. Every paper focuses fiercely on its locality.

And hire some people that understand BOTH journalim and the web.