links for 2006-11-07

Posted by Martin Stabe on 7 November 2006 at 17:26
Tags: Additional Links

• BBC: BBC considers local papers link
  “The BBC could begin paying local and regional newspapers for stories, says director general Mark Thompson.”
  (tags: bbc regional newspapers journalism societyofeditors)
• Technorati Weblog: State of the Blogosphere, October 2006
  Dave Sifry has released his latest State of the Blogosphere report.
  (tags: blogs blogosphere technorati)
• Mathew Ingram: Can Google make print work this time?
  “Google’s desire to move into newspaper ads — which it apparently thinks are a better fit than magazines — is yet another signal of its unquenchable thirst for ad inventory of any kind.”
  (tags: google advertising newspapers)
• VentureBeat: Topix raises $15 million more to build out local news
  US local news aggregator Topix.net has raised $15m from existing backers Gannett, McClatchy Company and Tribune Company.
  (tags: topix gannett mcclatchy tribune newspapers regional local)
• BusinessWeek: Google’s New Frontier: Print Ads
  “With a slew of big-city newspapers on its side, Google sets out to reproduce the success of its online ad programs—offline”
  (tags: google newspapers advertising)
• Freedom of Information & Open Government Blog: Comparative paper on USA, Canada, and UK FOI
  New research from the UCL Constitution Unit: “Freedom Of Information: History, Experience And Records And Information Management Implications In The USA, Canada And The United Kingdom”
  (tags: foia uk usa canada)

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