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Congrats to Mike Butcher, hitherto of mbites fame, upon his election to the Editorship at TechCrunch. Mike will bring not only journalistic rigour but also media/tech insights born of his years of commentary and analysis of the sector.

[via the excellent Publishing 2.0]
My, how I like this business!
So – it’s a photography site where “pro-am” photographers can upload images on the current theme. So, it’s “social” and “web2.0″ since other website users get to vote on the images they like best. And it’s multichannel because the “winning” photos are printed into a tasty-looking [...]

Tesco adds software to its line-up
Just published this article on InternetRetailing.net.
I love a company which is determined to fight everyone and anyone for some market share and margin, but Tesco has really impressed today with its assault on Microsoft’s dominance of the ‘office software’ model. The BBC is reporting that it will be selling budget [...]

BBC – Press Office – BBC and Microsoft sign memorandum of understanding
MOU in this case is tantamount to a ’sales and marketing agreement’.
I read this announcement with some surprise and a shrug of inevitability. Quick disclosure – back in 2000 I was Head of Online Operations for the BBC and played a small part in [...]