PC World this month ranked the top five free (or very inexpensive) blogging platforms, many of which newspaper companies are already using.
The five are Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, Tripod and Squarespace. The ratings included information on storage space, management tools, price, speed, stability and more. The chart includes links to full reviews of all five.
Digital Media Federation members discussed this on the e-forum in late December. If you are a federation member, the archives are available here. If you're not a member of the Digital Media Federation, you should be!