links for 2008-06-05

"London mayor Boris Johnson has already started removing all sign of the previous administration, changing the logo and branding that characterised Ken's reign. The previous black and red London slogan is now a Tory blue". It seems I was right.

"I was probably still addressing BBC local radio's previous target audience, Dave and Sue, an imaginary couple of whom we were given detailed profiles and photographs". Martin Kelner is not a fan of audience personas it seems...

Matthew explains the thinking behind the BBC's new topic pages. I do not think it is a lie when I say that I have sat in on discussions at the BBC about doing exactly this sort of thing on a regular basis since 2002. Not an agile beast, the BBC.

...or they could just save the bandwidth and link out to Zattoo ;-)

The official charity appeal of Euro 2008 - as supported by Euro 2008 Chipwrapper

"Newly arrived Acrobat.com must have like, the cutest re-login window ever". Nice spot by sugarenia

"What I hope to do here is … well, first and foremost, persuade you to buy my book, Doctor Who – The Eyeless. I might as well be upfront about that". Author Lance Parkin is blogging the process of writing a Doctor Who tie-in novel, due out on Boxing Day

"The stakes are very high for Google. If it loses the appeal it will be compelled to adopt whatever rules the court imposes on it as a pan-European approach. That may require the reestablishment of two systems for AdWords concerning use of trademarks."

The ever-excellent Maki with a great in depth look at the AP's report into young consumption of news, using The Telegraph as a case study. The full report is also available to download - expect bloggage here when I've finished with the BBC Trust first...