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Good post from Charlie on how mainstream media works, and the opportunity for emerging media to adopt an important role. "Mainstream news can’t headline the most important or most deserving issue in the world every day. Otherwise the top story would always be Global Warming. So don’t get too pious or upset if new stories get to the top of the agenda."

Blog by former Observer political editor Gaby Hinsliff

I'm not unemployed, hope not to be any time soon, but this is a great blog from near my bit of London. Good links to others, too.

Needs to be getting this to connect the Mac to the PS3 to the TV…

"Chicken liver is what the restaurateur Danny Meyer calls a torpedo. Left to its own devices, it may be unappetizing and unpopular, but when paired with what he calls an enhancer — applewood smoked bacon in the case of the chicken liver on the menu at Tabla, Mr. Meyer’s Indian fusion restaurant in the Flatiron District — it not only excites the taste buds but goes to work on the mind."

The Economist's attempt to draw parallels between what's happening to the news industry today and what happened to it when the telegraph was invented is a little obvious – especially if you've read Tom Standage's excellent book The Victorian Internet – and perhaps just a tad glib. Still, worth a read.

Fired from his job at Granada Television at the age of 40, Lee Child was suddenly on the scrapheap with a family to support. Refusing to panic, he spent £3.99 on paper and pencils with the ambition of writing the biggest-selling book in the world's biggest market: America.

Insightful post on the iPhone and Apple's market power

Really shouldn't read this roundup of great comfort food before lunchtime…

A list of the top mainstream media blogs on politics. Interesting to see which titles are doing best in this list – and a surprise, too.

I'm fascinated that not only is political blogging seen to be on the rise the UK, someone thinks there's a business in printing a book on it. I suspect the book may be more profitable than the blogs themselves, mind you.