links for 2007-07-28

“MEN Media is forecasting that the latest six monthly ABC figures to be published in August will show the paper’s total circulation remaining constant at around 180,000, with paid for sales falling by just 6,000 since last December.”

Council uses blog for up-to-date flood relief news…

“At Guardian Unlimited, we’re working flat out on a roll-out of our new video capabilities. But a story of this scale meant we simply had to send cameras out ahead of time.”

Simon Dickson can’t use the BBC iPlayer: “Er, no: not on Vista, not on Firefox. I’ll try it all again later, when I find a slightly older PC.”

Lloyd Shepherd: “There’s nothing quite like hearing very smart old-school journalists (you know, the ones who break big stories) saying very smart things about new forms of journalism. …”

American Airlines’ “FORTUNE In-Flight Radio” Channel attempts to sell an interview slot to Freakonomics author Steven Levitt: “What?! This is not an interview request, this is a sales pitch!”

Editor Shelina Begum: “From now on we will be an online only publication dropping traditional newspaper form. … sian News website is already one of the most successful in the MEN Media Group with 200,000 hits per month from 41,000 distinct visitors.”

“John Crudele’s FOIA request has now entered into its second year of existence and he’s throwing a birthday party for it.”

“The one drag is that the Frontline is the open-to-the-public restaurant of the Frontline Club for war reporters, and, one or two good friends apart, I have never been a great fan of the species. They tend to be vainglorious bores…”