The for sale sign is headed for Knight Ridder's newspaper properties. Who is likely to buy the papers? Here's a wild guess...Yahoo! or Google. Both companies can use their powerful online business to fuel a newspaper company, but in a greatly reduced form. Leveraging the print channel for ads as an add-on to the Web (there's a novel concept) could work, but not with all the reporters, editors, presses, unuions, trucks, etc.. that would come with the deal.

It's a long shot, but don't rule it out.

Shooting video at the New York City Marathon was, so far, the highlight of my eight months of videoblogging. The best thing about it is that the clips need very little explanation. Here are two clips that speak for themselves. I will string a bunch together into a “movie” with titles when I have access to my PowerBook and the wonderful iMovie application.

It looks like Knight Ridder's largest shareholder wants the company on the auction block. Could be just a scare tactic, but if not, it will send ripples through publishers' executive suites worldwide.