links for 2007-02-10

The NUJ has condemned the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill, which would exempt Parliament from FOIA, along with MPs’ correspondence with other public bodies subject to FOI requests.

Howard Owens reminds us that while many major media companies see UGC as something to exploit in order to save costs, others are using it far more wisely. The ‘MSM’ is not one big dumb monolith.

Doidge on the news that Sky News is being pulled off Freeview: “The news that Sky News is to retreat from such a popular platform (almost certainly losing a large percentage of its viewers) suggests Sky has little faith in the future of their news operati

News24 controller Kevin Bakhurst on his main competitor’s retreat from Freeview: “Sky’s decision will be a bad thing for news audiences, particularly those who can’t afford subscription services and choose Freeview for that reason.”

Sunday paper editors “can’t really lay the blame on their sales slumps on rise of the internet. … on Sundays the use of newspaper sites, and all news sites, is very low indeed.”