As for the wall between editorial and business at startups, I would say that Michael Shapiro and AlternativePress.com's situation is relatively rare. I don't see a lot of church-state divide at startups for the simple reason that many organizations are too small to realistically expect a clean division of labor. I would say that most sites I encounter are steeped in the ethics of old media and do their best to live by that code, but Emily is right that the wall is not nearly as intact as it used to be. Editor/publisher/founder/salesperson/reporter is a very common job title at local startups.