A grapple with how such funds should be administered.

Will open access journals accept anything for publication? Account of an experiment with a Bentham open access journal.

See podcast entitled "The OA Argument is Won", by David Prosser, Executive Director of SPARC Europe, February 4, 2008. Podcast | 8.1MB.

Likelihood of open access being favored by the new administration.

From the February SPARC Open Access Newsletter, by Peter Suber Every research funding agency should have an OA policy, many already do, and most are probably thinking about it.  Here's a guide to the major decisions which come up in framing a new policy, reviewing an older one, or thinking about policies elsewhere.  Peter Suber starts with the choice-points facing funding agencies (1-12), and then look briefly at the choice-points which only arise for universities (13-18).  He offers a recommendation for each. 

Interesting stats.

ideas to localize the relevance of a newspaper issue by tailoring advertising and other content for local circulation.

A description of the new Kindle - new features, same price. Recession makes no difference in setting price. But publishers support the kindle and are increasing the number of books available for download.

Newspapers drop in advertising revenues and staff suffer from wage freezes and downsizing.