links for 2007-02-25

I’m shocked by Shane Richmond’s analysis: “Media Guardian’s speciality is to use the cover of ‘objective analysis’ to put the boot into rivals.”

“Former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie, Top Gear crash survivor Richard Hammond and Radio 4 comic Andy Hamilton are to compete for the chance to co-present a one-off edition of Woman’s Hour for Comic Relief.”

Research by Chris Paterson at Leeds Uni “demonstrates how there may be a multitude of online news sites but they nearly all rely on two sources – Reuters and AP.”

Jim Buckmaster: “Journalism as practiced at newspapers has been hurt by an excess of money over the years as you’ve seen newspapers bought and sold and consolidated into large chains run by corporate managers to maximise profit, and increasingly over deca

A Swedish blogger has made headlines with a story about Swedish state television using a British service to filter their incoming email. Newspapers may also have been involved. Questions are being raised about their protection of sources.

“The Scottish Executive was last year warned by the information commissioner about treating freedom of information requests from journalists differently from those made by members of the public.”