links for 2007-07-13

‘News Group Digital, the digital arm of News International, is ramping up its portfolio of mobile video services with a raft of new distribution deals.’

Sean Hamilton: “It’s one of those brilliant days when Sky News is compelling viewing because so little is happening. I’m loving the way they are reporting the arrival of the Beckhams at Heathrow Airport so seriously.”

“Nigel Dempster of the Daily Mail, doyen of newspaper diarists and the man who created the modern gossip column, has died aged 65 following a long illness.”

Dan Froomkin: “The best blogger ever died in 1989 at the age of 81 … In many ways, the Weekly was a blog before its time. In format, it was a combination of articles, essays and annotated excerpts from original documents and other people’s reporting â