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CYBER NETTING (5#) -

# Townhall.com, which serves as a Hub for many bloggers, is spinning off a printed monthly magazine. I believe it will require some strenuous editing to convert the formatting, so it's probably a good thing that they'll have an entire month in which they can perform the necessary heavy lifting.

# Will the Internet become a utility like the electricity grid? And, if so, what will be the consequences of this change?

THE BIG SWITCH by Nicholas Carr
reviewed by L Gordon Crovitz.

[Nick's Blog] and in [wired]

# The UK Press Gazette launches
a new News Blog called "The Wire."

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