Curry wine

The Guardian reports - as we did a few months' back - on the emerging trend of wines specifically marketed to be drunk with the UK's favourite cuisine.

Resignation by Flickr

We've seen resignation via blog but now comes (apparently) the first major Flickr resignation. John Curley, deputy managing director of the San Francisco Chronicle had this to say accompanying his photo of him clearing his desk:

"what's up with me

Last Thursday was my last day at the San Francisco Chronicle. I had been there for 25 years, which seems absolutely impossible, but is nevertheless true.

My last position was deputy managing editor. Over the years I had been a copy editor, a news editor, the sports editor, an assistant managing editor, and then a deputy managing editor.

I leave with great sadness, but not a trace of bitterness. We all know what is happening to the newspaper industry, and it is not pretty.

Even though this is officially termed a "reduction in force," I am surprised and dismayed that the organization thinks it can have a future without me. To be honest, I thought I'd get the chance to help lead the paper where it needed to go to compete successfully in the digital age. But instead, off I go.

Thirteen other newsroom managers are leaving along with me, including my boss, the managing editor, Robert Rosenthal. Shortly, union job cuts will begin. It had previously been announced that 100 of the 381 editorial jobs at the Chronicle will be eliminated at this time.

It's a bad time for me, and a bad time for the paper, but most importantly, I think it's a bad time for the democracy."

But not -- it seems -- for the new democracy online ...