| 1. | Yesterday uncharacteristically good news about Microsoft. |
| 2. | Today, uncharacteristically bad news about the Microsoft of the news business: The New York Times. |
| 3. | Until today the Times archive was perfect. If you pointed to a Times article from an essay or a weblog post, as I have for almost ten years, the link would continue to work, year after year. |
| 4. | Today that ended. All my links into the NY Times archive that are older than 30 days are broken. I suspected this day would come, eventually. Advertising doesn't pay for Web publications. It probably doesn't pay for print pubs either anymore. |
| 5. | The business model for news is gyrating wildly. So much uncertainty. But one thing is certain, the Times will be missed on the Web. |
| 6. | Dave Winer |