links for 2007-01-27

Martin Rosenbaum analyses the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill. The exemption David MacLean MP is attempting to create for MPs would, as it stands, be subject to a public interest test.

David Maclean’s FOI (Amendment) Bill “would put the UK out of step even with the newest and most fragile European democracies, such as Bosnia and Serbia, who have recently legislated to open up their parliaments to public scrutiny.”

Congratulations to media-blogging’s power couple, whose engagement was announced (how else) via Twitter.

The Cabinet Office Openness Team has a new name — and a not-very-prominent web page.

“After years of taking a fairly laissez-faire attitude toward googlebombing, Google has now taken action to stop the practice.”

Tom Loosemoore, who is heading the BBC 2.0 project, has posted the BBC’s 15 Web Principles.

“One thing is obvious to many mainstream journalists today: those among us who have lost heart, or who don’t want to run this race, or who are stuck in 1979, need to get out, and are getting out of the business.”

“There are still too many news sites out there with the exhortation to “Make Us Your Homepage.” No. My homepage is Google Reader. I aggregate hundreds of headlines from around the world, catered to my own interests.”

Editors Weblog looks at newsroom integration at the Telegraph.

Shepherd fisks Dacre: “OK, let’s have some fun with Mr Dacre and his speech, and use him as a compass of our moral values – ie, Dacre is the South Pole, and we’ll point north, thanks very much.”

“Trinity Mirror has launched five citizen journalism micro-sites as a taster of what could become commonplace across the group’s news websites.”