links for 2007-01-28

John Spellar MP (in jest) suggests newspapers like the Independent should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act regarding their own environmental impact. Check out Jack Straw’s response, too.

A social network analysis tool for your del.icio.us network.

The LA Times’ internal investigation is damning of the paper’s web site. Understaffed, not accessible on mobile, no SEO, poor search are among a catalogue of faults. “If anything, we are web-stupid.”

“I think it’s a long time before [computer] displays will be as good as paper,” Page said. Brin looked surprised. “You do?” he asked. “What do you call a long time?”

“Cardiff University has an interesting site that provides a nice example of how to package a journalism course and display student work online. It was part of a postgraduate course.”

Chad Hurley’s told a Davos meeting that YouTube plans to start paying users. Mathew Ingram says: “The only questions that remain, of course, are a) pay whom? and b) How?”

Veteran rock star Peter Gabriel wants his Witness project to become a YouTube-style video hub for highlighting human rights abuses. (Hat Tip: Social Media)

Jim Mcclellan: “Saturday Live, like seemingly everything else on Radio 4, now has a blog. But it seems kind of pointless…”