» The San Jose Mercury News on Salon on the tenth anniversary of its debut: "Now, a decade since Salon's Web site went live in November 1995, it's still kicking. While not exactly thriving, it is benefiting from a rebound in Internet advertising. Revenues jumped to $1.65 million in the third quarter ended September, up from $1.25 million a year ago." Worth noting: its staff numbers 65, 40 of whom are in editorial.

» PR blogger Steve Rubel suggesting that Wikipedia is the next Google: "Already, Wikipedia instills a deeper fear than either Google or Microsoft did when they were at such a young age. It's the emerging king. Will it face the same scrutiny and fate as its predecessors as it expands? Certainly. But this time it will be far more difficult to slow. Yes..."

» Charlene Li of Forrester on why Microsoft's classifieds service, code-named Fremont, will be better than Google's: "I look at Fremont and I see a really nice service shaping up..."

» Craig$list.com, SF Weekly's story on Craigslist, Craig Newark, and his interest in citizen journalism.