1. Same brand, different place: An inspiring look at where newspapers are going:
USA Today now occupies a different, digital world – but I still love it gu.com/p/3fmja/tf—
Media Guardian (@mediaguardian) May 10, 2013
2. A brilliant tribute to a mentor
Lovely tribute to former colleague Ian Willars by @colintattum – an insight into what the industry used to be like blogs.birminghammail.co.uk/birminghamcity…—
Chris Lepkowski (@chrislepkowski) May 09, 2013
3. Twitter as a news organisation?
Twitter is ready to be a true news operation | Michael Wolff
guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/…
via @guardian—
Leo Whitlock (@leowhitlock) May 06, 2013
4. Why there should be more to online advertising than just click-through rate:
Digital audience panel: @IrishTimes quantifies value of its “non-clickers” inma.org/blogs/research…—
Steffen Konrath (@StKonrath) May 06, 2013
5. Are we doing local government staff an injustice through stereotypes?
Excuses, excuses: In general local government employees are hardworking, dedicated bunch who make sure that wo… bit.ly/13SN8x2—
PublicSectorBloggers (@PubSecBloggers) May 13, 2013












10 great stand up comedians you might never of heard of – but really should look out for (with video)
Everyone likes a laugh, right? The only problem is that the laughs – as far as TV is concerned – tend to come from too few comedians.
It’s not that they’re unfunny – some of the are, most aren’t – but for every big name comedian who appears to be on a narrow roster picked up for various mainstream TV show – there are 100 equally funny folk heading up and down the nation’s motorways performing at the country’s many comedy clubs.
When not working or raising a 20-month-old, or not too tired from both (so, not as often I would like), I try to get out to comedy clubs. Until maybe two years ago, I didn’t go to comedy clubs regularly – instead opting for the big-name arena gigs. John Bishop (MEN Arena as was) and Russell Howard (ECHO Arena as is) are both brilliant on such stages. I stopped, however, when I saw Peter Kay on his Tour That Doesn’t Tour in Manchester. It works brilliantly on TV but isn’t half as funny when you’re in the audience, watching a routine polished to perfection thanks to 50 previous outings in the same building. Not to mention the fact that Kay seemed to be laughing at, rather than with, the audience too much. But that’s just a personal view.
So I’ve taken the advice of a friend and sought out comedy clubs instead. I’ve still seen some well-known names, such as Rhod Gilbert (Salford Lowry), Tom Stade (Blackburn King George’s Hall) and Josh Widdicombe (Salford Lowry Studio), and also stumbled across rising stars by chance at comedy clubs, like the brilliant Nathan Caton, and perhaps my favourite comedian of the lot, Justin Moorhouse.
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