What would you do with $100 mil; Reddit dude hates the news; LA Times redesign; lots of job cuts

Wikipedia founder asks — What copyrighted material would you buy with $100 million?
One suggestion: “Buy all of Bob Dylan’s music. That deserves to be in the public domain. Seriously, if you want to do something useful, don’t buy history textbooks– anyone can write a history textbook with the proper sources. Buy the primary sources: newspaper archives, firsthand accounts, videos, letters. And although this is more subjective, I wouldn’t buy science stuff at all, there’s little benefit in having a particular explanation of public domain facts made reprintable. I’d say the best use of money would be to buy huge amounts of out-of-print music and literature, so that they can be better preserved.” Jimmy’s original question.

I Hate the News (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
One of the dudes behind the social news up-and-comer sites, Reddit, goes off on the media and makes some good points, “None of these stories have relevance to my life. Reading them may be enjoyable, but it’s an enjoyable waste of time. They will have no impact on my actions one way or another.”

Trent Nelson publishes archive of punk photos from the ’80s
If you haven’t heard of Trent Nelson, you should check him out. He’s one of the most innovative photographers in the West. Besides that, he’s digitizing a bunch of old photos from punk shows for his archive and sharing them on his blog. Rock out.
A New Design in Los Angeles
Holy Toledo. I didn’t know papers still layed out front pages like that (the old version).

GateHouse Media Will Trigger IPO Next Week
At a time when papers are being shackled by pleasing their shareholders its quite interesting they’re going public

Foley’s Priest Misidentified
I’m with this commenter: “Please explain to me why this isn’t the stupidest mistake in the history of newspapering, unforgivable on multiple levels (carelessness, levels of authentication, violation of ownership rights, etc …).”

Facebook’s Stupid News Feed Ads Go Live
First the News Feeds. Then opening membership up to the public. Now ads in the feeds. Is Facebook trying to commit suicide? Or maybe they’re trying to generate revenue… It’s weird how those sometimes go hand and hand.

Mercury News plans to eliminate 101 jobs / Contra Costa Times says it also has plan to reduce expenses
“The projected staff cuts include 40 jobs in the newsroom, or about 14 percent of the editorial staff of 280.”

The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XVII
Make your own Simpsons Halloween sequence

Wright unveils NBCU 2.0 with deep cuts
NBC restructuring, MSNBC closing NJ facility, 700 job cuts, owch.