links for 2009-07-16

• Times Online's new, improved reader comment system
  "The new comments tool will supersede our previous system, and unfortunately this means that all old comments will disappear from the site."
  (tags: timesonline comments pluck thetimes)
• Fearne’s on the move at Radio 1 | Official Fearne Cotton
  "We caught up with Fearne exclusively to get her reaction to the news" Official Fearne Cotton website gets to speak to Fearne Cotton EXCLUSIVE.
  (tags: radio1 jowhiley bbc radio)
• BBC NEWS | Politics | Beach reading for Tory bookworms
  First amazed that "When the Lights went out; The Seventies" by Andy Beckett doesn't make it. but this write up of a Tory back benchers annual pre-recess book list piece on Radio 4's the World at One is crying out for links links links
  (tags: books bbcnews links worldatone radio4)
• BBC – BBC Internet Blog: Visualising Material World: the ins and outs
  "On the 3rd of July broadcast, we made the terrible discovery that the text on the Visualisation Console couldn't reproduce apostrophes. Within seconds, many of the audience took advantage of the "message the studio" button on the console. Being the Radio 4 audience, they were all very polite, but their scorn was plain to read and rightly so." Great detailed tech explanation from Richard Courtice about putting this part of the BBC's radio visualisation trial into operation.
  (tags: vistrial radio4 materialworld bbc radio visualisation)
• BBC – Today – Apollo 11 lunar launch remembered
  Tom Fielden, Today's lovely science correspondent, starts a series of Apollo related pieces. Contains interview with 94 year old Reg Turnbull. *the* voice of 60s/70s BBC Space reports.
  (tags: today apollo lunar tomfielden bbc radio4)
• Radio 4 Commissioning Process « Michelle Lipton
  "Until you’ve been through the radio commissioning process from start to finish it can be difficult to understand exactly what’s involved. Having now emerged from the latest round clutching a small handful of precious commissions, I promised I would write up what I’ve learned from the experience " 10 step guide for pitching scripted drama/comedy to Radio 4 (and probably 2 and 3 too).
  (tags: bbc pitches commissioning radio4 comedy)
• The Ashes – adambowie.com
  "It was nail-biting stuff, but I wasn't watching on Sky as my father doesn't subscribe to it. Instead we found ourselves staring at a scorecard on BBC Interactive while listening to Test Match Special."
  (tags: tms ashes skydigital adambowie redbutton cricket)
• toss140.net – comment on the commentators
  "toss140.net is a crowdsourced summary of newspaper columnists, so you can be on top of the pundits, and decide if you want to read them" . v.lovely indeed. mmm. Presumably this would work also with er, radio or telly or iPlayer or "records reviews" or …
  (tags: twitter columnists toss140 aggregation newspapers journalism)