The Online Journalism Review has a great article on the plight of Online Newspaper Syndicates and their failure to make a splash in online comics.
From the audio archives of the The Comics Journal comes a discussion between Gary Groth, Steve Bissette and Scott McCloud on the subject of Creator's rights.
The interview, conducted by Groth, is from the out-of-print TCJ #137 from 1990. The conversation is offered on MP3 format for download until March 21st. It's a very interesting conversation, especially when contrasted by today's creator owned webcomics.