"We're broke," Kuro5hin founder Rusty Foster writes this morning. "Subscription income will help a little, but in the longer term, the prognosis is bleak." Text ad and membership revenue isn't coming close to the $70,000 yearly budget required to run the site (and pay himself, the only employee). "At the moment, 'get a job' seems to be the front-runner by default," he concludes.

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