It's not been a great week for newspapers. Lots of major publications are letting go of staff, and thousands of journalists are now looking for alternative means of employment (see article and comments for my last post, Dog Days for Local News). But our desire and need for news is certainly no less. And this is clearly expressed in ComScore's recent announcement… Continue

Hardly a day goes by without a new story about another struggling newspaper. The US has had it particularly bad recently, with the high-profile closure of the 150 year old Rocky Mountain News, and even the San Francisco Chronicle is struggling. In the UK, things… Continue

Just a wee note to say a massive thanks to all those who attended the Edinburgh Twestival. We made a HUGE wadge of cash (£3500) for Charity Water and had a great time too.



Special thanks go out to all our sponsors (Blonde, Big Mouth Media, Amber Green and Breeze Media), to the musicians (Peter Gregson, Plum, Epic26), to people donating prizes, to event planners Eventi Verdi, PR gurus Hot Tin Roof, tech wizardry from Edd Hannay, and to all those… Continue