links for 2011-02-08

So how can our big-city newspapers reinvent themselves and remain relevant in a rapidly maturing digital context? (One thing is certain: it won't be by trying to run their own local TV stations!)

One possible answer lies in data – the more of it, the better.

This is not an argument for more "data-driven journalism" (although that would be no bad thing). This is an argument for a new role – and, potentially, new business models – for big-city newspapers.