This week we bid adieu to:

• AdCritic.com (story in The New York Times)
• DrKoop.com (story in Wired News)

But even as commercial sites fail, there’s a resurgence of independent content on the Web, the likes of which hasn't been see since early ’97. Although much of the content is from blogs, JD Lasica profiles four, well-respected, non-commercial news Web sites.

Speaking of respect, it seems the public has more confidence in online journalism’s credibility than do its practitioners, according to the Online News Association’s survey I mentioned a few months ago.