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

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“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.