Martin Stabe - Latest Comments in links for 2007-02-25

Re: links for 2007-02-25

Martin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:18:40 -0000

... oh, and remember: I'm biased, too.

Re: links for 2007-02-25

Martin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:15:13 -0000

Shane,

I must remember that irony doesn't come across in blog posts. I'm not shocked at all, actually.

Re: links for 2007-02-25

Shane Richmond — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:58:18 -0000

Hi Bobbie. I don't think anyone does claim otherwise. That's why I asked Martin whether he was actually shocked or was just being sarcastic.

And I hope I didn't come across as upset about the email. Mildly exasperated, perhaps, but I hoped the end of my post - threatening to tie people to railway tracks or simply copy the Guardian in on my emails - would show that I was taking it in good humour.

Finally, the 'won't take blogs away line' refers to an earlier part of the email. We're adding new bloggers and also trying to keep the size of the site manageable. I didn't want our existing bloggers to feel they might be elbowed aside to make way for new names.

So what I was saying was: 'keep your blog active and we won't take it away'. I realise it's not much of a distinction but there you are.

Re: links for 2007-02-25

Bobbie Johnson — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:35:32 -0000

1) Does anybody really claim otherwise, Shane? Monkey, specifically, is a diary column and there's a long-standing tradition of partiality. I wouldn't get particularly upset if your email leaked, dozens of them cross the desk every day.

But I'm still interested to know what "we won't take anyone's blog away" means if you are saying you'll get archive those with less than three posts a week.

PS, please take those comments with whatever bucket of salt you require for the comments of a Guardian writer and former MediaGuardian employee.

2) Howard, I don't think I've ever heard Jim say that "nobody should try to make money". Craigslist does, after all. I think there's a fair point that good profit has trumped good product in many cases, and now that there's extra competition from outside sources, the newspaper industry is feeling the burn.

Re: links for 2007-02-25

Howard Owens — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:54:53 -0000

According to Jim Buckmaster, nobody should try to make money.

Imagine where we'd all be if newspapers hadn't had so far to slide profit wise?

That last comment is presuming, of course, that newspapers would be in trouble no matter how well run. The internet is the internet. Kids are kids. Change is change. There'd still be a craigslist. A monster. A Yahoo! and on and on ...

Re: links for 2007-02-25

Shane Richmond — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:44:07 -0000

One other thing: I don't know how I managed to link my previous comment to a specific post from my blog. I intended to link it to my blog homepage but the post I ended up linking to is amusingly appropriate in the circumstances.

Shane

Re: links for 2007-02-25

Shane Richmond — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:41:33 -0000

Are you really shocked Martin? I didn't think anybody saw MG as unbiased when it comes to their rival broadsheets. In my view, they play up their rivals woes and play down their successes and do the reverse with stories about the Guardian.

Of course I'm biased too, so perhaps that colours my perception of what is published in MG.

Roy Greenslade is the honourable exception, in my view. I've always found his analysis to be reasonable and fair - even when he's criticising us.