Romenesko

Hartford Courant
As recently as a decade ago, no self-respecting mid-sized daily newspaper would have dreamed of publishing without a film critic, says Matt Eagan. "These days only major cities have them and those that remain (other than Roger Ebert) have seen their influence wane," he writes. Wesleyan University's Jeanine Basinger's says: "My students used to sit around and ask 'What did this critic say?' They don't do that anymore."