links for 2007-09-05

Martin Belham has unveiled his newspaper aggregator, Chipwrapper, “a hub for a set of tools to search news content from the UK’s major newspapers and TV news sources”.

“[E]mployees of Business 2.0 magazine were told today that the monthly publication will close next week, after they finish the October issue.”

Newsquest’s Lancashire Telegraph has jumped on the hyperlocal bandwagon with ‘Your East Lancs’, which covers almost 20 local communities, primarily villages.

“It has been suggested that the Telegraph is moving towards a seven-day news operation, but sources at the newspaper dismissed this idea.”

Simon Waldman: “I think the real shift here is not about blogging versus journalism – but sheer volume of news sources available to us – and therefore the need for new tools to that improve the way that people find and engage with news and information…”

German commerical online publishers don’t like the online activities of the country’s public-service broadcasters. Sound familiar?

“Photonic crystals are being used by a Toronto startup to create commercial devices that offer better color and resolution than other flexible displays.”

A review of the iRex e-reader.

The iPhone ain’t it, but when it comes, the iPod moment for newspapers will be very bad news for unpopular sections of the newspaper bundle.

The shortlist for the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2007. Trinity Mirror gets four nominations for the Evening Gazette in Teesside. MySun and MyTelegraph both nominated.

Profile of blogger-journalist Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo

“Jobseeking journalists can add another bookmark to their browser from September 12, when Press Gazette relaunch es Jobs4Journalists.co.uk. The new site promises tailored job alerts and CV registration.”