A bit of a plug for itself in today's Times on Verve Wireless, the U.S. firm attempting to put the newspaper (like the Times) on a mobile platform like the BlackBerry. The challenge, the company notes, is that most local papers don't have the resources to do this. Verve will, in exchange for part of the ad revenue. The other challenge that the piece doesn't discuss is the mobile platform --- although the iPhone and other such devices are getting close.
