Alexander Nazaryan at the New Criterion's glorious Armavirumque comes not to praise the original snarky media blog, but to bury it.

Quoth Nazaryan:

It's yesterday's news, I realize, but I would be remiss if I didn't share this story from Wednesday's Wall Street Journal on the economic troubles plaguing Second Life.

The headline caught my attention immediately: "Cheer Up, Ben: Your Economy Isn't As Bad as This One." Turns out, no, the editors weren't talking to me.

With so much information coursing through the Internet and the blogosphere, at times it might be useful to have a guide to what's worth reading. It was ever thus. But suppose you created a forum where you let readers recommend content and post content of their own with the barest minimum of editing? It's an experiment worth trying.

The newspaper business, trust me, it's a tough racket. Across the United States, venerable news organizations are struggling to figure out how to adapt a very old model to a new and ever-changing market. The readers, they are a-changing.

My old adversary and occasional ally (and vice-versa) Hugh Hewitt raises an issue about Old Media and New that's been on a lot of people's minds lately: