Simon Dickson: "A couple of additions seem worth mentioning: a box for ‘REACTION FROM AROUND THE WEB’ (ie blogs) on the homepage, plus feeds from del.icio.us and Twitter accounts; and the rather odd spectacle of Sarah Montague’s video review"

Jonna Geary was underwhelmed by Steve Hewett’s item on the Today programme this morning…

"I have been terrified by two interviewees in my whole life," [the Today programme presenter] tells Kirsty Young [on Desert Island Discs]. "One was Margaret Thatcher, you’ll not be surprised to hear. The other was Ella Fitzgerald. "

Amen, Elisabeth Mahoney: "[H]owever I organise my morning - even if I arrange it specifically to avoid being near the radio at 7.50am - I somehow find myself suffering Thought for the Day."

"The advice we were given was that we needed to simplify the identity of BBC News, given that it’s such a trusted and central part of what the BBC offers, and to make it as recognisable as possible across all the services we offer."

Pods & Blogs presenter Chris Vallance is helping launch iPM on Radio 4. The show, which is set to start in November, is a new, "blog-powered" version of the PM programme’s Saturday show.

Coffee-spewing moment of the day: Great Britain baseball coach Stephan Rapaglia interviewed … on the Today programme. GB Plays Germany today and Holland tomorrow for a chance at the 2008 Olympics.