"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite." Bertrand Russell

"Greater things are believed of those who are absent." Tacitus

"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." Alfred North Whitehead

Today's image: Beyoglu by Atilla1000. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats & cheers: YouTube expands API set (smart, deeper access is all good). CBS Sports launches developer platform will enable 200 plus sites to carry live NC2A video.

"Beware of what you do best; it's bound to be a trap." Paul Valery

"We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause." Jose Narosky

"As soon as you find you can do something, do something you can't." Rudyard Kipling

Image: Walking... by Atilla1000. Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

Mel Taylor blogs about local media, about developing revenues online (and off). He reviews the bidding, suggesting "more un-imaginable change" in 2008...

"Internet strategy and revenue generation is now a TOP priority for all media. Oh, and just dumping your offline content… online…. is not gonna be enough"

Read Mel's post here. Kudos, Mel. Well said.

Closed circuit to broadcast CEOs: Get into the export business, now. "The reality of it is that the future does not fit into the containers of the past" says Rishad Tobaccowala speaking at NATPE. More here via AdAge.

More later.