links for 2007-02-23

Tagline: “Slightly MORE useful than Twitter”.

Lucas Grindley continues his careful reading — and follow-up research — of that IHT story about Schibsted’s online revenues.

Office of National Statistics “60.1% of broadband connections were 2 meg or less, with 32.5% between 2 and 8 meg, and just 2% at 8 meg plus”

Featuring a few familiar names — and some references to some magazine I once worked on. (via Ilana Fox)

Heather Brooke highlights the case of Andy Wightman, whose web site detailing land ownership in Scotland ran into the usual Crown Copyright nonsense…

Paul Bradshaw: “It is with a deep sense of shame that I nominate the newspaper I grew up with – The Bolton (formerly Evening) News – for the worst attempt at online video I’ve seen so far.”

Robert Freeman: “Print journalists don’t make natural videographers. That’s clear from the many papers who are currently attempting to ‘make television’. But that aim is a red herring.”

Tom Griffin’s online petition against the Freedom of Information Act fees changes has 1,530 signatures, but it closes today. Last chance to sign it.

An FoI request uncovers bizarre and costly experiments on psychics by the MoD. “The study had concluded there was “little value” in using “remote viewing” in the defence of the nation.”

“New figures from Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association show that virtually nobody is interested in PDF version of newspapers.”