At the end of my last post, I suggested that perhaps there was a need for a "smartersun.com". Later, I discovered that there was such site (called smarternysun.com). Curiously, the site ceased updating at the end of May, apparently having decided that keeping the Sun honest wasn't worth the trouble, since the problems (according to smarternysun.com, anyway) were too many to comment on.

The producers at smarternysun.com's believe, as do I, that the Sun has a place in the New York media. In their words,

The sad thing is, the Sun has a lot of potential. There are some good writers on staff (Rachel Kovner, for all "Like Father, Like Sun"'s griping, isn't a half-bad reporter). And the city could use a dedicated, local broadsheet that appeals to a less visceral, populist readership than the Daily News or the Post.

After reading the farewell message at the site, which catalogs some of the problems the Sun faces, I'm not so sure that it will survive. It will be interesting to see if it does.