links for 2007-05-05
-
Interviewed by the NYT, Murdoch “waxed on about his plans to invest in the company’s journalism, including rebranding the forthcoming Fox business channel with The Journal’s name.”
-
“The Information Tribunal has forced the disclosure of strategic reviews of the identity cards system by the Office of Government Commerce, which opposed the disclosure of the information.”
-
Paul Conley worries about the widening gap between the skills of working journalists and the demands of new media. He points to a site made by 16-year-olds: “Take a look and ask yourself honestly — what are these kids doing on this site that I can’t do a
-
Are sponsored inline links unethical?
-
“The U.S. Army is tightening restrictions on soldiers’ blogs and other Web site postings to ensure sensitive information about military operations does not make it onto public forums.”
-
Students react to Alistair Stewart’s views on journalism graduates who are “worth nothing to us”: “we are going to be one of the first generations to come pre-armed with the knowledge of how [the brave new digital world] all works.”
-
It seems the Independent is having a spot of trouble with a rather essential part of its IT intrastructure…
-
Shane Richmond shows the evolution of the soon-to-be-launched Telegraph blogging site.
-
Jon Hughes of the Ecologogist estimated that the London freesheets use “a little over 107 tonnes” of newsprint per day = 1,284 trees * 70% recycled paper = 899 dead trees per day.
/2007/05/05/links-for-2007-05-05/