ZDNet: The shutdown of Google Reader is drawing nigh and you'd better have an alternative in place when it goes. Newsblur combines a good service with mobile apps to take its place.
Rolling out to Android now. iOS users should eventually get it
BuzzFeed: No one took ownership of Google Reader internally because it wasn’t a top priority for Larry Page and his inner circle of lieutenants. And if you aren’t working on something that the boss cares about, then what’s the point?
Engadget - Naturally, we held off on posting this until Google Reader was dead and gone, so people had time to get used to one of the replacements.