links for 2010-02-10

"The Greek National Television and Radio Council (ESR) yesterday imposed a 70,000-euro fine on Star channel after deciding that the TV station’s weatherperson, Petroula Kostidou, was harming the quality of programming and insulting human dignity". If *only* Ofcom had 'insulting human dignity' as one of their criteria for judging broadcasts in the UK!

Vroot! Vroot! My "Style over substance/usability" alert just went off ;-)

"One of my objectives for this blog is to make and maintain (hyper) links with other London blogs, bloggers and sites whose work I think will be of interest to my readers, especially those published by independent so-called citizen journalists. In an attempt to develop that side of what I do, some of the Guardian's technical wizards have put together a separate page within the mighty Guardian website, whose title they brutally forced on me despite my many desperate displays of self-effacement."

"The week’s big news in the media biz is Trinity Mirror’s audacious bid for Guardian Media Group’s GMG Regional Division – an eyebrow-raising throwback to the days when newspaper groups had lots of money and acquired rival groups’ titles on a more regular basis". Useful round-up of coverage

"Last night, at the Paris Olympia, Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan unveiled the shirt to an unexpecting audience of French rock fans during his band’s encore. Sounds unbelievable doesn’t it? This is the first time that a shirt has been unveiled in this way, and if you ask us, it’s a pretty cool way of doing things". And, if you ask me, it isn't.