Kevin: Jeff Jarvis referred to this as the 'heavy metal' rendition of Clay Shirky's post on the death of newspapers. Syracuse University communications photography and political science student Joey Baker has some pretty blunt comments for newspaper journalists. Charging for 'basic content' is just asinine. (And I'd say that most journalists are rather expansive in their definition of exclusive content.) He believes that news sites could actually use a great user experience or great UI to differentiate in a market where the content is rarely that different. Discuss.

Kevin: The Guardian Media Group has asked the British government to investigate Google News and other content aggregators as it prepares its Digital Britain report. From the submission: "We welcome the interim report's focus on respect for IP and copyright, but believe there is a glaring omission from its examination of such issues: the negative effects of aggregators and search engines on the ability of and incentives for UK content providers to invest in quality content."

Kevin: Dave Chase highlights something very important in terms of securing the future of professional journalism. No business can cut its way to success. While most discussions of new business models talk about ways to cut production costs or new ways to fund journalism. "While those items help, it's clear the only path to long-term economic viability is to directly address the revenue piece of the equation." Dave outlines 10 mistakes newspapers going all digital must avoid.

Kevin: Matthew Ingram has uploaded his presentation on Twitter that he gave to his colleagues at the Globe and Mail. He took out some slides on traffic data but otherwise its all there. Twitter is becoming a big traffic driver, especially to specialist areas with engaged journalists (think the Guardian Technology section for a not so random example).

Kevin: How to embed high definition YouTube videos.

Kevin: At least 121 members of Congress (out of 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 Senators) are using Twitter.