links for 2007-03-21

No, it’s not that tired debate again. It’s a good post by Martin Rosenbaum about the US Congress’s attempt to class bloggers as journalists for the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act fees regime there.

Haydn Shaughnessy: “Beats me why all the focus is on the web, in fact. Yes, yes. it’s cheaper to produce a website but it’s also depressing knowing precisely how few people visit it and having to mess with the numbers to justify your ad sales and pric

…,But Their Print Revenue Was Down 1.7% And There’s The Problem — That 1.7% Drop Is More Money Than That 31.5% Gain

“Readership is going down for print newspapers, but readership is continuing to rise — along with digital revenues — at newspaper websites.”

“Only a few of the 350 magazine and newspaper companies represented at the [Magazine Media 2.0 conference in Hannover last week] said, in a show of hands, that they were making more than 3 percent of their sales online.”

‘Perhaps it speaks volumes for Kelner’s policy that with despite being in profit, the website is almost universally criticised and his papers popularity is in decline.”

Editor Geoff Marsh introduces the new Daily Express web site.

Ian Carter: “A lot of newspapers already have quite a lot of video online, but to be honest much of it is shockingly amateurish.”