vincevincevince - 8:32 am on Mar 5, 2007 (gmt 0)

Serious, well-researched journalism cannot be easily replaced by blogs.

Inbound has it in a nutshell. If newspapers aren't going to employ highly educated journalists who write wonderfully then the only thing they have going for them is the news. News itself is not protected by copyright, and it oughtn't ever be.

If you have access to a good library, go and pull a copy of 'The Times' from between 1900 and 1950. Compare the quality of writing and presentation with today's copy. Pay particular attention to the standard of editorial. If such a standard was retained today then only the very best of bloggers would be able to retain an audience.