Tech kings overthrow the media mogul empireThe media empire is dead. Tech moguls like Apple’s Steve Jobs of Apple and Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page now control the distribution of news, and the era of old-school moguls like Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch has come to an end.
Future of news
Why old media can still beat Web 2.0
For all the hype about the death of traditional media outlets, most new media business models are far worse-off, relying on unstable venture capital and cheap ads for funding. Old media orgs should be able to out-compete the new kids — if they dare.
What’s online news worth? About five bucks
How much are consumers willing to pay for online news? About $4.64 a month, according to a new study — though almost half the respondents said they wouldn’t pay at all.
Can newspapers and aggregators ever be friends?
At Google News, business product manager Josh Cohen is the man who deals with angry newspaper publishers, many of whom blame the company for the current media industry slump. Will the two ever kiss and make-up? Cohen shares his thoughts.
Google: “‘Open’ need not mean free”
Google — the bane of newspaper companies everywhere for its free aggregation of their news — is now developing a micropayment platform for media outlets to charge for their online content. A foot in both camps? Read their pitch to the Newspaper Association of America here (PDF).
The future of news: networked, non-profit… NPR 
Dan Rather: Obama must save the media
Veteran newsman Dan Rather calls on US President Barack Obama to save the ailing news industry with a Presidential commission into what he calls “a crisis that, with no exaggeration, threatens our democratic republic at its core.”
newspaper death watch Two more US papers die
The Tucson Citizen and Ann Arbor News both bit the dust this weekend.
