in terms of the iPhone, there's nothing really different about this... this is a decision that's exclusively in Apple's court. We obviously would be interested at any point in the future they thought it would make sense for them to have us as a partner. And so we will leave it with them on that score.

We updated Seeking Alpha's homepage design over the weekend in a way that, I believe, represents a huge step forward for both our site's development and the direction that all online media could take.

Mike Abramsky - RBC Capital Markets

Glen Yeung - Citigroup

One of the most compelling aspects of blogs is the direct and candid voice of the author. While most traditional journalists maintain the convention of 'objective voice', bloggers tend to talk straight, which is one of the main reasons why many of us now rely on smart, informed bloggers to get to the bottom of any given news story.

The New York Times Online, the world's most highly trafficked news site, today began a live experiment with linking out to other sites from beneath headlines on its homepage. The product receives the unfortunate name 'Times Extra', which does little to convey its novelty - the digital Grey Lady is now redirecting traffic to other sites, including direct competitors, from its most valuable online real estate.

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Here are Thomson's statements from the session, which is a Q&A - this is a live blog, and will be updated:

• Expanded Contributor Coverage. Coverage of earnings by our contributors should be particularly strong this time around. The cumulative number of contributors to Seeking Alpha surpassed 1,300 in March. Over 100 new contributors joined SA each month in January, February and March, while fewer than ten regular contributors chose to cease publishing on SA during the quarter. This huge contributor base means we can cover a large number of stocks while, as always, filtering for editorial quality. In addition, some high profile authors and media outlets are now SA contributors. (We're pleasantly surprised by this, as we assumed that Seeking Alpha works best for authors who want exposure for their ideas, careers and businesses, rather than professional journalists and publishers.)
• Expanded Transcript Coverage. We've expanded our target coverage of conference call transcripts to 3,000 this quarter.
• Faster Publishing. We've expanded our editorial team -- currently 16 -- into new time zones to ensure timely publishing of articles, including after market close, so we should have insightful investors' perspectives on earnings soon after companies report.
• Broader News Coverage. Our editorial team produces Wall Street Breakfast, a daily one page summary of the news, Under the Radar News, covering less obvious stories, and summaries of Barron's, Jim Cramer and the Housing Market.
• Improved Search. We've upgraded our search to Google Custom Search, allowing for improved search and filtering of results by contributors' articles or transcripts. We've also rolled out in-transcript search. More on how to use search here, and from Dominic Jones.
• Better Site Performance. We've dramatically upgraded our site performance by moving our server farm to Engine Yard.
• Improved Email Delivery. We've upgraded our email delivery system so that all email alerts now arrive well before market open.
• Better Access to Comments. Our new forums enable you to view comments by stock ticker, and quickly engage in discussion. Here, for example, is the Forum for Google stock.

Wishing you a successful and profitable earnings season,

Jessica Reif Cohen - Merrill Lynch

To understand both the likelihood of that event and its impact, we need some clear numbers on what it would mean first and foremost to News Corp./Dow Jones. Does it even make sense for Rupert to set WSJ.com free?

Wick is short Eastman Kodak (EK), which he says isn't gaining traction in the printer business and continues to be hurt by the digital-photography revolution. Wick notes that Legg Mason Value Trust holds 7.5% of Kodak's shares, while Legg Mason as a whole owns close to 20%. At Value Trust, Bill Miller's legendary streak beating the S&P 500 has been replaced by extended under-performance. Wick thinks that Miller eventually will go. When he does, the Kodak stake could follow, pressuring the shares. (emphasis added)

Hat tip to Jeff Matthews, who suggests some appropriate headlines for this item.

• Author names and stock tickers now appear on our homepage 'Opinion & Analysis' column and sector homepages (example) so you get more info on an article to help you decide if you want to click through. This also supports one of our primary goals in the redesign - to bring more attention to our contributors.
• We created a 'river of articles' page for readers who prefer to see all articles published in chronological order, in an unedited way (like our old homepage). This page is linked from the bottom of our 'Opinion' column on the homepage - or just bookmark it!
• Author pages now show the dates of articles and stocks that the articles referred to.
• We now show more headlines (15) in our SA News Briefs column on our homepage.
• Our 'Global Markets' dropdown menu now includes Commodities, Currencies and Gold & Precious Metals.

We continue to listen carefully to your feedback, and our outstanding dev team has many more enhancements in the works.

So please continue to share your thoughts on how we can make Seeking Alpha an even better resource for your market news and analysis. You can use the comments section below this post, or contact us directly.

We began Seeking Alpha three years ago with a mission to aggregate high quality market analysis from money managers and financial bloggers in an easily accessible manner, free for all individual and institutional investors. We’ve evolved to provide more comprehensive daily market news, while using the internet’s unique resources and tools to broaden the investor's information horizon in a manner no other financial site can match.

Our goal is to venture 'behind the headlines' - to find analysis and opinion that will help you recognize opportunities and pitfalls in this dynamic market.

But try to pick a winner from the dozens of 'green energy' stocks that have emerged in the past few years and you quickly find yourself slipping from confident investor to shaky speculator. Who's to say which of the upstart, publicly-traded solar energy companies, for example, will produce the efficiency breakthroughs that that field has anticipated for over 20 years?

A more sober Calacanis now recognizes that "this whole... stand off has really developed into a very interesting debate on the future of news." Jeff Jarvis weighs in on the matter, calling for a whole new model to replace the now "obsolete" interview: