Ben Sheffner at Slate discusses the potential legal liabilities of the Illinois meeting of newspaper executives, which included representatives from the New York Times, Gannett, McClatchy, the Associated Press and others. The purpose of the meeting, called “Models to Monetize Content,” was clearly the publications’ attempts to survive the perils of the industry. But Sheffner discusses how such a meeting, and the subsequent installation of pay walls or subscriptions requirements, could seem to violate antitrust law.