I expect news organizations to come out on the other side of this with a funding model similar to that of public radio: corporate underwriting, foundation assistance and local support. For good measure, it would be nice if we issued some bonds to create an endowment as well, but I fear that's highly unlikely.

A while back I argued that I'd like to support the Bee in its mission to provide locally relevant information, but I didn't appreciate that the only channels available to me involved purchasing a paper I had no intention of reading. To this day, I subscribe to the Bee and recycle every copy, without opening half of them. A recent article on Slate argued that the press needs to go non-profit. I wholeheartedly agree.