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...Appgazine" Is Born To some of us journalists floating around in the North Atlantic, that could be too late. That's why I believe the old print business ought to take advantage of what's doable now so that it's ready to provide a new reading experience once the iPod of readers finally arrives. For magazines like this one, that means creating hybrids - what I've come to think of as "appgazines" - that act more like computer programs than Web or printed pages. (See the 50 best websites...
...entering bankruptcy even as their audience grows, the threat is not just to the companies that own them, but also to the news itself," wrote the savvy New York Times columnist David Carr last month in a column endorsing the idea of paid content. This creates a necessity that ought to be the mother of invention. In addition, our two most creative digital innovators have shown that a pay-per-drink model can work when it's made easy enough: Steve Jobs got music consumers (of all people) comfortable with the concept of paying 99 cents for a tune instead...
...worry that it's so big, it will institutionalize Big Government; principled liberals worry that it won't be big enough to resuscitate a flatlined economy. And a bipartisan chorus--including Clinton Administration budget chief Alice Rivlin and Reagan Administration economist Martin Feldstein--has argued that the stimulus package ought to be all about stimulus. Those people want to focus on fighting the recession, and they don't see Pell Grants, renewable-energy subsidies, health-care technology and Head Start as the best ways to do that. "Many of them are worthy, but we can have that debate another...
There are three questions the conferees should ask about every provision in the package: Will it stimulate the economy quickly? Will it create long-term fiscal obligations? Also, is it something we ought to do anyway? We need to zap the economy with a big jolt of federal dollars, and it's important that those dollars be spent in timely and temporary ways. But it's just as important that they be spent in ways that promote national priorities rather than undermine them. Fast is good, but this downturn is likely to last a while, no matter what the feds...
Well, Congress could say. For example, Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman inserted language into the House version of the package limiting energy grants to states that give their utilities incentives to promote energy efficiency. If the Federal Government is going to spend the money, it ought to promote federal priorities. And Congress could make sure the money is spent productively - and isn't spent counterproductively - by attaching a few general strings to the stimulus dollars. For instance, there should be "fix it first" provisions to prioritize repairs to highways, levees and other infrastructure over new construction, which would create jobs...