links for 2007-02-12

Radio 4′s Profile programme has a profile of one of Britain’s highest-profile political bloggers, Guido Fawkes — who is having a bit of trouble elsewhere in the blogosphere today.

Richard Sambrook: “As we rightly celebrate the opportunities for public participation in, and direction of, ‘the conversation’ we must not lose sight of the need for high quality, evidence based, verfiable information to feed it.”

Tyler Brulé on his new upmarket monthly newsmagazine, Monocle: “The Economist or Der Spiegel shows you can do quality journalism and hold your ground. We’ll just do it in a more visual way.”

Press Gazette talking about essential blog reading this week. PR Week was up to the same thing on their podcast — mind the hiss (via Pods & Blogs).

Fantastic idea from the Economist: Using a blog to publish all letters to the editor as they come in. All letters are published except for those advocating the Fourth Reich, says Jane Galt.

Yet another newspaper that looks exactly like the Guardian: German free (but now testing paid circulation) sports paper Die Sportzeitung, which is distrubued on Lufthansa flights.

“These papers may be free to readers, but they also carry real costs for other social groups in the city.
Free dailies externalise their production costs in at least three ways…”

“MPs are expected to learn this week whether they will have to follow MSPs and list details of all their travel expenses.”

KFTY-TV, a small California station, has sacked most of its editorial staff and replaced its newscast with a programme based on user-generated content.