Viva the City Blog! Viva Torontoist!

Yesterday, Newsvine CEO Mike Davidson was quoted on TechFlash as saying newspapers don't have a future: "And there isn't even a present, unfortunately." Which is not to say that the digital platform is all pixels and rainbows. While the Seattlepi.com is busy reinventing itself, the Post-Globe posse might take a cue from our sister site Torontoist, who have been reinstalling themselves since last December, when they almost went dark: Three investors are now backing the costs of Torontoist's local operations--as Canadians, they're more evolved than we are--though the site will remain affiliated with the Gothamist network.