links for 2007-06-21

“News Corporation is considering selling MySpace to Yahoo! in return for a stake in the company, according to reports.”

“YouTube looks set to overtake BBC.co.uk in share of UK visits within a matter of weeks.”

Mac Slocum: “StoryBridge.tv is an interesting Web start-up that blends local coverage with professional video production. The “professional” bit gets a boost from Katy Sai and Jay Olsen, two former Wisconsin-based TV veterans who quit their jobs to launch

Scott Karp: “The problem that newspapers and other traditional media brands have is that they still see branding as a function of controlling the distribution channel, rather than branding each unit of content that must now live and survive on its own”

McClatchy’s new national website for public affairs journalism launched about noon Eastern time today: news.mcclatchy.com

“The New York Times is currently undertaking a major news investigation, led by managing editor Jill Abramson, into News Corp.’s business dealings throughout the world…”

“The BBC was accused last night of risking the safety of British forces in Iraq after trawling for information on troop movements in the war-torn country.”

A blog to watch and comment on — Jessica is graduate student at the University of Sussex looking at citizen media.

An impressive BusinessWeek chart shows what different age groups of US internet users are doing online (via Alfred Hermida).

“Metrobloggen [is] a new blog tool where the free daily Metro offers its hosted bloggers 3 öre (about half a US cent) per page view.”

Germany’s DPA agency joins the online video race.

Shane Richmond says two Andrews — Keen and the The Register’s Orlowski — are very wrong indeed in their analyses. Orlowski says newspapers are engaged in a lemming-like rush to put their content online for free. A bit like the Register, obviously.

Alan Formby-Jackson, sub-editor and designer at the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough, is the new director of the Western Europe region of the Society of News Design.

“Parliament’s reputation is “at serious risk” from attempts to exempt its members from the freedom of information act, [The all-party Lords constitution committee] warned today.”

Steve Yelvington: “Every day, millions of pieces of information stream through the newsrooms of every newspaper in the world. … Very little is put to good long-term use.”