Newspaper Death Watch: The Boston Globe has joined Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in announcing that they will begin charging for their respective websites. [Editor & Publisher] (Photo:inju)
Newspaper Death Watch:The 146-year-old Seattle Post-Intelligencer will stop publishing after today and will become an online only publication with about 20 reporters and editors. [MSNBC]
There was an unexpected rise in new housing construction in February— fueled by an 82% jump in the construction of new apartment buildings. We suppose people have to live somewhere, right? [MarketWatch]
Harvard University's endowment, the largest of any university, has lost 22% of its value in the past year — or approximately $8 billion. Ouch. [MarketWatch]
Scary "Big Brother-esque" video surveillance system announced by the City of Chicago and IBM. Now we can watch Grossman drop footballs no matter where he's located. [Ars Technica]