Europa Press Releases: Digital Agenda: Turning government data into gold
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 13:04
“The [European Commission's Open Data Strategy for Europe is] to lift performance EU-wide is three-fold: firstly the Commission will lead by example, opening its vaults of information to the public for free through a new data portal. Secondly, a level …
dataist: Interactive: The 100 richest people in Finland
Friday, 2 December 2011, 12:19
Jens Finnäs: “Every year in the beginning of [November] the [Finnish] tax records from last year are published. In other words: you get to know who made the most money. Every year the Finnish media outlets do a very conventional presentation of this m…
Guardian Government Computing: Scottish Boundary Commission to publish shapefiles of constituency boundaries
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 11:15
"The Boundary Commission for Scotland (BCS) has said it will publish shapefiles of its initial proposals for constituencies after the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) was criticised for not doing so."
ESPN: Baseball in Europe is about to take off
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 18:41
"With all the talk of emerging markets like China, India and Brazil as successors to Latin America and the Pacific Rim as Major League Baseball's next breeding ground, Europe is overlooked. However, the Regensburg academy, while a pioneer, is…
The Drum: Newsquest (Herald & Evening Times) to introduce online subscription model
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 11:41
"Newsquest (Herald & Times) will take a ‘quality over quantity’ approach as it moves away from targeting unique users and build on a returning online audience. … a subscription platform is expected to be introduced across online content …
Bloomberg: Google Loses Copyright Appeal Over Internet Links to Belgian Newspapers
Monday, 9 May 2011, 19:53
"The Court of Appeal in Brussels on May 5 upheld a 2007 lower court ruling that forced Google to remove links and snippets of articles from French- and German-language Belgian newspapers from Google.com and Google.be."
Nieman Reports: Investigating Farm Subsidies on a Global Stage
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 07:10
Nils Mulvad: "The collaborative effort among journalists to make the E.U.’s farm subsidies transparent is a striking example of how developing networks and providing support for reporters can result in important stories being told."
Deutsche Welle: EU to launch tender for open data portal
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 09:08
"In the coming weeks, the EU will launch a tender for tech companies and freelance programmers to create an EU-wide online portal to allow access to government information and services. … the project's aim is to change how European citizens…
FT.com: Investigation reveals EU funding mess
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 09:00
"Cynthia O'Murchu, the FT's investigative reporter, explains how the FT and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism pulled together an eight-month expose of the murky world of EU structural funds."
allmediascotland: Subscriber Success for New News Website
Monday, 15 November 2010, 12:25
"A local news website has picked up 3000 subscribers in just a matter of months – and is making revenue despite having no online display advertising. … [Eastwoodmercury.co.uk] caters for the middle-class Glasgow suburbs of Newton Mearns, Clarkston and Giffnock and is the brainchild of Tom McConigley, editorial manager of Clyde and Forth Media."
MurderMap: London Homicide Reported Direct from The Old Bailey
Monday, 13 September 2010, 16:52
"The Murder Map project aims to create the first ever comprehensive picture of homicide in the modern city. On its completion, our online database will contain details of every murder and manslaughter committed in London from the crimes of Jack the Ripper to the present day. It is based on our unique archive of homicide cases – the product of thousands of hours spent by skilled and dedicated crime reporters in the courtrooms of the Old Bailey."
Gizmodo: It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 09:58
"Stern—a very large weekly news magazine—published a gallery of erotic photos as part of its editorial content. It wasn't gratuitous: It was just part of the material published in the magazine itself, integrated in their usual sections. The entire app was taken down, according to the Spiegel, and publisher Gruner + Jahr had to eliminate that content in order for the application to go up to the store again. They learnt their lesson, since they haven't published any other material that may offend Apple's "moral police"—as the German press calls it."
Spiegel Online: Undressing with the iPhone: App ‘Censorship’ Has German Tabloid Fighting Mad
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 09:57
"German tabloid Bild wanted to allow readers to undress their daily page one girl on their iPhones. But the app has run afoul of Apple's decency standards, leading the paper to accuse the US computer giant of censorship."
allmediascotland: FOI requests first for north-east council
Monday, 8 March 2010, 18:42
"A local authority in the north-east of Scotland has become the first local authority in Scotland to publicise details of who is making Freedom of Information requests from it – with an estimated 40 per cent coming from the media."
