An LWN status update

An LWN status update

Since you already do a weekly Security section, how much work would it take to turn that into a paid daily security alert newsletter service for network administrators?

Two quick thoughs on "advertising":

1) Maybe you can pull more eyeballs to the site with more authorative content (like the Penguin Gallery, book reviews, and Distributions List). Maybe an additional section could be Free desktop software sorted by category or Grumpy Editor reviewed software (star rated, subscribe to read the full reviews). You may even be able to utilize subscribers to create some of these sections, maybe WiKi style, and leave them free to others as a source of advertising for the rest of the site.

2) I don't think most people object to ads so much as poorly written ads or obtrusive ads (I believe this is why google's ads work so well, they keep editorial control of the format (maybe they would do even better if they took editorial control of the content also, rejecting ads with anoying text) and also why so many people tune into the superbowl....) Maybe you could come up with some sort of directory of software and service providers that you would have editorial control of, but would be provided by sponsors as really clever ads. (e.g. Looking for a HA cluster solution, check with Linux companies a, b, and c)