Reflecting on Buyouts

Columnist Howard Kurtz reflects on recent buyouts at The Washington Post and the state of the newspaper industry overall in "Post Buyouts Come With an Emotional Cost." In the piece, Kurtz calls the activity "painful to watch from the inside." And while he concedes that the future is digital, he argues: "But -- and stop me if you've heard this one -- newspapers matter. There isn't a Web site around that can produce the probing work, such as the exposé of shoddy conditions at the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center, that won The Post six Pulitzer Prizes this year."

Read Kurtz's complete column here.