In which today's news about the end of the Chi-Town Daily News raises Scott Smith's eternal, and piquant, question.

In which we share several links to online video and audio, some of them entertaining and all of them self-referential. There's sure a lot to talk about in Chicago media, and no shortage of talkers.
You never squawk alone

In which we reflect on the evaporation of financial value from a bankrupt media company, after telling a joke whose punch line is also about evaporation.