Quiet News Day – Episode 50

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QND Episode 50

MEDIA NEWS SNIPPETS

Tommy Sheridan sacks legal team in perjury case

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/202144-tommy-sheridan-sacks-legal-team/

Andrew Marr sparks row over bloggers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/11/andrew-marr-bloggers

STV News goes underground

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/202147-stv-news-goes-underground-with-subway-screens/

Children have online footprint aged two?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-20018728-238.html

Is Murdoch planning super news -  and is that why others are running scared?

http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/10/news_corp_plans_to_launch_digital_news_c.php

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/11/murdoch-bskyb-british-media-unite

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/rss/1034278/Murdochs-newspaper-rivals-join-BBC-opposing-Sky-takeover/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/oct/11/rupert-murdoch-bskyb-takeover#zoomed-picture

THE LONG VIEW

What are the new numbers for Twitter?

http://mashable.com/2010/03/10/twitter-follow-stats

Twitter is looking seriously at Ads

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/media/11twitter.html

The second shows Facebook and Twitter get better click through rates

http://www.fastcompany.com/1694174/twitter-crushing-facebooks-click-through-rate-report

The dreaded death knock – two opposing views

http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/101008whyatt.shtml

And the Media Show Podcast from Media Show on October 6, featuring journalist Chris Wheal, who lost his 9-year-old nephew, Jamie Bray

http://www.chriswheal.com/

http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/bishopswaltham/8278040.Family_tribute_to_Bishop_s_Waltham_boy__aged_9__hanged_by_rope_swing/

The Gap Logo Row – Gap says it can’t swim against a tsunami of public opinion

http://www.gapinc.com/public/Media/Press_Releases/med_pr_GapLogoStatement10112010.shtml

The view from Advertising Age

http://adage.com/article?article_id=146417