links for 2006-10-25

Ask A Ninja could get $50,000 to $100,000 per five-minute video podcast. Conclusion: I'm in the wrong content business.

Mike Butcher, who launched an earlier version of the Press Gazette web site, is the new editor of TechCrunch UK.

Social news bookmarking site Digg is rumoured to have turned down a takeover offer from Ruper Murdoch’s News Corp, Robert Andrews reports.

Google Earth has implemented an overlay of congressional districts just in time for the US election. UK Parliamentary constituencies next, please.

Robin Hamman has a valuable guide to using blogs for journalists.

There is an RSS feed of upcoming events at the Frontline Club on Upcoming.org

"If newspapers want to remain relevant in the Internet age, they've got to figure out how to be useful when a community desperately needs information."