Okay, I admit, perhaps watching a dog herding goats into a pen is about as exciting as watching paint dry, but it's one of the most popular events at the recent dog agility competition held last week at Westworld.

Ouch. The downward spiral continues. What's going to happen short term is interesting; seems to me the print product will get smaller and more emphasis will be placed on the Web-based channel. Sadly, it's difficult to imagine the Web ever generating enough revenue to support a typical infrastructure-heavy print business. It's not a pretty picture.

Good news: all of those out of work journalists likely will create great blogs (not to mention Podcasts) and make more money than they ever did as newspaper employees.

Five newspapers owned by Tribune Co., including the company's two flagship papers in Chicago and Los Angeles, said Wednesday they will cut jobs amid declining circulation and revenue.