The Daily Mail brings us news that some dogs are as clever as toddlers. Apparently infallible scientific analysis reveals that they can understand up to 250 words and gestures, count to five and perform simple arithmetic. The Border Collie is the brightest of hounds, while the Bassett Hound is the dumbest. The 3rd and 4th [...]
The recession does not appear to have dented the profit margins of those barristers’ sets specialising in commercial litigation. As Legal Week reports here, pupillage slaaries at the top commercial sets have jumped dramatically. At One Essex Court, for example, the four new recruits commencing pupillage in October 2010 will receive a salary of £60,000 [...]
Mindful that he is “riffing on the journalism of others”, Blade commends an excellent piece from The New York Review of Books by Michael Massing entitled The News about the Internet. Massing delves expertly into the topic vexing the media more than any other: how to survive in a world of “sharp plunges in circulation, [...]
There’s an excellent piece by Dominic Ponsford, editor of the Press Gazette, on Rupert Murdoch’s announcement that all his newspapers will charge for online content within the next 12 months. Ponsford describes Murdoch’s move as a risky but necessary one, and asks whether, at the age of 78 and 23 years after vanquishing the print [...]
Talking of Baby Barista, we wonder whether quite so many books will emerge from online blogs, if publishers follow Rupert Murdoch’s lead and start charging for online content? In fact, thinking about it further, is Baby Barista the first novel to arise from a Fleet Street blog? And could it be the last?
Is there a geek inside all of us?
Excellent Nike ad
Memo to would-be hacks: good writing is no longer a tool of your trade
Released almost a year ago, Spada’s groundbreaking research report, British Professions Today, is available for free download
This bank is so well designed that many of its staff never go home (allegedly)
In the latest of our series of white papers, Spada Research examines trends in environmental reporting.
After a raft of phone-hacking admissions and allegations, we are no longer seen as the gruff but dependable watchdog. Neville Thurlbeck, formerly of the News of the World (part of his Damascene conversion; to be continued).