Sam Stall foresees the same grim future for arts criticism as I do: produced by “freelancers or retired people who still want to contribute,” self-funded (like this blog) or minimally subsidized by some grants organization, self-published (like this blog) or presented at the subsidized website of a non-profit arts organization. In short, exceedingly narrowcast, and isolated from other subjects of cultural commentary — the very antithesis of newspaper-based cultural journalism. […]