links for 2007-03-08

Peter Wilby loks at the Telegraph’s transformation: “There was, moreover, a distinct whiff of a Kulturkampf. The old oak tables and panels were removed from the boardroom in favour of glass and chrome, and the wine stocks sold.”

Shane Richmond argues that there are three models for web-print integration: “print-first”, “web-first”, and “separate but equal”. The Indy follows the first model, and the Guardian is shifting from the third to the second, which is currently practiced b

“the biggest threat to the future of B2B [magazines] isn’t technology and new delivery vehicles, it’s us. I continue to be disappointed and surprised by the number of people I meet who remain unwilling to learn the new storytelling skills.”

Several US newspapers are adding programmers to their editorial staff — Mark Glaser writes “The big hurdles are pay differential and the culture clash between computer science and journalism.”

“What was I saying before I was so rudely interrupted…”

Michael Rosenblum: “Directors, producers, associate producers, talent… “The Show”. These are not journalism terms. These are Hollywood terms. The geeks created a cheapened Hollywood to make TV news.”

The rate of freedom of information appeals in Scotland is double that in the rest of the UK, the Scottish Information Commissioner’s annual report shows.

“To counter the downturn, Johnston launched 150 new publications last year and it now operates 317 websites of its own. Digital revenues were up 36 per cent last year at £11.3m.”

“Scotland’s public life remains shrouded in secrecy despite the Executive’s flagship Freedom of Information Act, campaigners and experts warned…”

Jeff Jarvis: “I do think it’s time to give up accusations of not getting it. I’ll plead guilty to using the phrase too often. And I’ll admit that it was pretty self-important. So I’ll try to get rid of not getting it.”

Jeff Jarvis: “The Guardian is accelerating change and that is because it must preserve itself into perpetuity. It’s not the old ways that need preserving but the journalism and its future.”

Juan Giner posts Alan Rusbridger’s memo to staff in full.

Mindy McAdams: “there are highly motivated people who are already fluent in a complex program, such as Photoshop or Final Cut Pro, who could learn [Flash] pretty adequately in a marathon three-day weekend. But that would be exceptional.”

Robin Hamman looks at the decision by the French Constitutional Council to approve a “law that criminalises the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists.”