'Cul de Sac' replacement announcements

Here's a nice article about the strip:

OFFBEAT: Cul de Sac comic ends as homage to 'dying yet mighty art form'
 By Philip Potempa philip.potempa@nwi.com,
September 24 2012
http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/columnists/offbeat/offbeat-cul-de-sac-comic-ends-as-homage-to-dying/article_855ad874-00c8-50c9-8657-48748fad59f3.html

and a podcast about the strip's end:

Tim Young, and Tom Spurgeon.
#331 The End of the Road for "Cul de Sac"
Deconstructing Comics podcast September 17th, 2012.
http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=2849
http://media.libsyn.com/media/stingpin/120917.mp3

The Post is going with a new strip by Mike Lester:

'Mike du Jour' coming to The Post.

By Michael Cavna,

Washington Post September 24 2012

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mike-du-jour-coming-to-the-post/2012/09/23/083cec7c-0596-11e2-a8dc-fd7db4d7c996_story.html

Snuggle up to The Star's newest comic strip, 'Pooch Cafe'

Comic strip, about more than just dogs, debuts in FYI Monday.

By TIM ENGLE

The Kansas City Star 2012-09-23

 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/23/3827242/snuggle-up-to-our-new-comic-strip.html

'Big Nate' replacing discontinued 'Cul de Sac' strip

Daily Progress September 23 2012

http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2012/sep/23/big-nate-replacing-discontinued-cul-de-sac-strip-ar-2228308/

Vicki Menard
"Baby Blues" comic strip debuts in News-Review
 News-Review September 24, 2012
http://www.nrtoday.com/news/2635219-113/strip-baby-blues-comic

and Jimmy Delach has started summarizing statistics:

Which comic strips are trending after Cul de Sac retirement
 by Alan Gardner
Daily Cartoonist September 24, 2012
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2012/09/24/which-comic-strips-are-trending-after-cul-de-sac-retirement/