links for 2007-02-28

Well, well, well… Look who’s blogging. A very worthy addition to the British Journo-blogosphere.

BPA judge Rob McGibbon sings the praises of newspapers, to “poke the ribs of the clueless, spoilt cynics, often the casual readers, who pick up a newspaper and too easily slag off the devoted work of the journalists who made it all happen.”

Rob Curley in an Apple promo video: “Because it shouldn’t be about the device; it shoudl be about the information … We want to make the Washington post not be about the ‘paper’ in newspaper, but about h
the news.”

Tthe Magazine Publishers of America has compiled a list of current new-media initiatives by US magazines.

Martin Belam: “For some reason, the last part of my sentence, criticising the Daily Mail’s reporting, didn’t make it through the pre-moderation of comments on the site.”

Judging by this video, the most people in Sutton, Surrey, have no idea what RSS.

Amy Webb on a FeedBurner report based on user data from 600,000 RSS subscribers: “Newspapers need to make it much easier for users to find their feeds and to subscribe. You can’t hide a bunch of orange buttons on your website “