links for 2007-02-25

Sunday, 25 February 2007, 12:28

Shane Richmond: cc: monkey@mediaguardian.co.uk

I’m shocked by Shane Richmond’s analysis: “Media Guardian’s speciality is to use the cover of ‘objective analysis’ to put the boot into rivals.”

(tags: guardian telegraph newspapers blogging blogs handbags)
Thenoise.co.uk — radio industry news: Kelvin Mackenzie and Richard Hammond in race to co-host Radio 4 Woman’s Hour

“Former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie, Top Gear crash survivor Richard Hammond and Radio 4 comic Andy Hamilton are to compete for the chance to co-present a one-off edition of Woman’s Hour for Comic Relief.”

(tags: bbc the_sun topgear)
SacredFacts: So where does the news come from?

Research by Chris Paterson at Leeds Uni “demonstrates how there may be a multitude of online news sites but they nearly all rely on two sources - Reuters and AP.”

(tags: ap journalism reuters news online)
Out-Law.com: Newspapers brought financial woes upon themselves, says Craigslist boss

Jim Buckmaster: “Journalism as practiced at newspapers has been hurt by an excess of money over the years as you’ve seen newspapers bought and sold and consolidated into large chains run by corporate managers to maximise profit, and increasingly over deca

(tags: craigslist newspapers classifieds advertising journalism)
Citizen Media Watch: Investigative journalism from a Swedish blogger

A Swedish blogger has made headlines with a story about Swedish state television using a British service to filter their incoming email. Newspapers may also have been involved. Questions are being raised about their protection of sources.

(tags: journalism citizenjournalism surveillance sweden)
Sunday Herald: Executive Gets Its Knuckles Rapped Over Treatment Of Journalists

“The Scottish Executive was last year warned by the information commissioner about treating freedom of information requests from journalists differently from those made by members of the public.”

(tags: foi foisa scotland informationcommissioner)

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Shane Richmond 1 year ago 1 point
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Are you really shocked Martin? I didn't think anybody saw MG as unbiased when it comes to their rival broadsheets. In my view, they play up their rivals woes and play down their successes and do the reverse with stories about the Guardian.

Of course I'm biased too, so perhaps that colours my perception of what is published in MG.

Roy Greenslade is the honourable exception, in my view. I've always found his analysis to be reasonable and fair - even when he's criticising us.

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Shane Richmond 1 year ago 1 point
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One other thing: I don't know how I managed to link my previous comment to a specific post from my blog. I intended to link it to my blog homepage but the post I ended up linking to is amusingly appropriate in the circumstances.

Shane

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Howard Owens 1 year ago 1 point
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According to Jim Buckmaster, nobody should try to make money.

Imagine where we'd all be if newspapers hadn't had so far to slide profit wise?

That last comment is presuming, of course, that newspapers would be in trouble no matter how well run. The internet is the internet. Kids are kids. Change is change. There'd still be a craigslist. A monster. A Yahoo! and on and on ...

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Bobbie Johnson 1 year ago 1 point
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1) Does anybody really claim otherwise, Shane? Monkey, specifically, is a diary column and there's a long-standing tradition of partiality. I wouldn't get particularly upset if your email leaked, dozens of them cross the desk every day.

But I'm still interested to know what "we won't take anyone's blog away" means if you are saying you'll get archive those with less than three posts a week.

PS, please take those comments with whatever bucket of salt you require for the comments of a Guardian writer and former MediaGuardian employee.

2) Howard, I don't think I've ever heard Jim say that "nobody should try to make money". Craigslist does, after all. I think there's a fair point that good profit has trumped good product in many cases, and now that there's extra competition from outside sources, the newspaper industry is feeling the burn.

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Shane Richmond 1 year ago 1 point
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Hi Bobbie. I don't think anyone does claim otherwise. That's why I asked Martin whether he was actually shocked or was just being sarcastic.

And I hope I didn't come across as upset about the email. Mildly exasperated, perhaps, but I hoped the end of my post - threatening to tie people to railway tracks or simply copy the Guardian in on my emails - would show that I was taking it in good humour.

Finally, the 'won't take blogs away line' refers to an earlier part of the email. We're adding new bloggers and also trying to keep the size of the site manageable. I didn't want our existing bloggers to feel they might be elbowed aside to make way for new names.

So what I was saying was: 'keep your blog active and we won't take it away'. I realise it's not much of a distinction but there you are.

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Martin 1 year ago 1 point
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Shane,

I must remember that irony doesn't come across in blog posts. I'm not shocked at all, actually.

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Martin 1 year ago 1 point
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... oh, and remember: I'm biased, too.

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