Roy Greenslade compares today's newspaper staff sizes to the so-called good old days: "[T]here are now two contradictory types of nostalgic Fleet Street narrative. One is wholly positive and concentrates on the relaxed regimes, the bonhomie, the expense account lifestyles and celebrates the culture of drinking. The other, wholly negative, concentrates on over-manning, laziness, profligacy and decries the culture of drinking."

"The UK’s national newspaper websites aren’t linking [to the leaked BNP membership list] either, though Mail Online posts both a screengrab of the list and pictures of alleged members and individual articles are being posted about ‘members’, their identies and any action taken by employers."

"I have decided to take down the map. Many people have commented that the map does give a false impression of accuracy, despite my making this clear, and I'm tempted to agree. I do not want to single anybody out and by removing the accuracy from the map it is possible that it ends up incorrectly implying a property contains a BNP member. It has been suggested that an inaccurate map that doesn't make that clear is worse than publishing the list itself, and I think that's a reasonable comment."

Mike Butcher: "I speculated on Twitter this morning that a mashup which identified the actual locations of BNP members would be highly problematic, and possibly even subject to vigilante attack. ...."

Adrian Monck issues a challenge following the leak of the BNP membership data which touches on the ethics of geocoding sensitive datasets: "who’ll be first to mash up the data and produce a map of the membership? You ought to be able to do it without revealing personal details."

"Here are 5 habits from mainstream websites that make me sick: Breaking stories in many different pages to increase the number of impressions ... Using splash pages with ads ... Not linking to the sources or mentioned websites ... Using pop-up ads ... Requiring registration to access the content..."

"As America’s newspapers shrink and shed staff, and broadcast news outlets sink in the ratings, a new kind of Web-based news operation has arisen in several cities, forcing the papers to follow the stories they uncover. ... "

"We hosted our first Hack Day last week at The Guardian. Amazing fun. Here’s a 15min highlight reel..."

"Hulu, a video site showing only professional TV shows and movies, is forecast to draw level with Google’s YouTube in US advertising revenues next year. "

Martin Belam: "Trying to stick to the terms of the court order preserving the anonymity of 'Baby P''s killers has been very testing for a lot of sites online. ... cache on Monday afternoon still contained a BBC News report from late last year that not only named those charged with the death of 'Baby P', but also the toddlers proper name, and, incredibly, their street addresses. ... A Telegraph report initially from around the same time could also be located in Google..."

"Naming Baby P and his mother is not about giving in to a hysterical Facebook campaign group; this is about confronting the reality of the online age."

"The identity of the 27-year-old mother of Baby P was last night being circulated on the internet with the names of her boyfriend and the third man convicted of causing the child's death, after online vigilantes began a campaign calling for violent retribution against them. An order issued by the judge who oversaw the trial of the woman and her boyfriend forbids details about them..."

"Guardian News & Media has hired Andrew Bagguley, former head of mobile strategy for News International, to help launch its mobile site."

"I like the look and feel of newsprint as much as anyone," [Rupert Murdoch] said. "But our real business isn't printing on dead trees. It's giving our readers great journalism and great judgement. ... Murdoch said The Wall Street Journal was planning to offer three tiers of content online - free news, a subscriber-level service, and a third "premium service" of reader-customisable "high-end financial news and analysis". ... "The newspaper, or a very close electronic cousin, will always be around," he said. "It may not be thrown on your front doorstep the way it is today."