links for 2007-07-09

“[D]ata is what brings people to hyperlocal sites, and many traditional news people are hung up on other types of content.”

Michael Parsons on Fred Vogelstein’s Wired profile of Michael Arrington: “good bloggers work like dogs. You can’t expect readers to show up unless you show up. And the internet never closes.”

“The folks surfing in from Digg aren’t likely interested in local advertisers – and actually drag down our pageview to unique user count … What do you think? Is viral traffic good for building business?”

Radio 4 is using contextual DAB livetext in speech programming. James Cridland: “The addition of this metadata means that I might be able to, in future incarnations of the BBC Radio Player, to jump straight to the interview, rather than aimlessly forwardi

Citizen journalism is challenging Britain’s court reporting restrictions: “Because many bystanders have sent images on to other people, lawyers said, it is harder to argue that a media organization should not be allowed to publish them.”

Neil said that protestations about the article were “all rubbish.” … “It’s all true,” he added. “I wouldn’t have put my name on it if it wasn’t true.”</p>

Scott Karp: “[W]hat really killed Backfence was Google and Web 1.0.” … “Hyperlocal is about “community,” sure, but on the Web it’s more about utility”.

“The Competition Commission has announced it is to re-visit assurances made by Newsquest when it purchased the [Herald] group.”

“Channel 4 newsman Alex Thomson was rapped after claiming coverage of Maddie made him SICK.”