links for 2007-05-01

• BBC Trust gives nod to iPlayer | New media | MediaGuardian.co.uk
  “The BBC Trust has given final approval for the iPlayer, the corporation’s proposed online seven-day catch-up TV service.”
  (tags: internet multimedia tv video bbc)
• GigaOM » Yahoo makes its move, snags Right Media, an ad-exchange
  “Yahoo will acquire the remaining 80% of New York-based Right Media, an online ad-exchange company, backed by Redpoint Ventures, for about $680 million.”
  (tags: internet advertising display marketplaces exchanges yahoo)
• Incentives Matter: Why Comments on Digg Are So Bad – Dare Obasanjo
  “On Digg, the default comment threshold is -4. This means that top level comments remain visible until five negative votes have been applied to the comment by other users of the site. “
  (tags: internet socialmedia aggregators community digg comments moderation)
• A last word on bees and mobile phones: “we didn’t say that,” researchers say (updated) from Guardian Unlimited: Technology
  Bees.
  (tags: newspapers journalism technology bees)
• Newspapers debate online reader comments – Yahoo! News
  “As newspapers try to be more competitive with interactive media online, editors are struggling to find a balance between unfettered reader participation and longtime standards of decency, fairness and accountability.”
  (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites ugc comments)
• Buckinghamshire Examiner
  Another of our new blog-format newspaper sites, for the sister title of the Buckinghamshire Advertiser.
  (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites launches blogging trinitymirror bucksadvertiser)