Huffpo’s here. The Huffington Post’s UK site was launched last night at a gathering and twitterfest (#huffpostuk) of the great and the good.
Jobs lots?
So, another outlet for journalism, and more jobs for journos? Well, yes and no.
The good news is they do hire. The bad news is they don’t pay.
Sounds like
Still, it is another voice in a media landscape peopled by a rather smallish in-crowd?
Well, yes and no again. When I looked at it today, it had pieces by:
- Ed Miliband (Labour leader…well, you might not know…);
- Christina Patterson (Independent);
- Mark Ferguson (Labour List);
- Will Straw (Left Foot Forward);
- Lily Bevan (London-based writer);
- James Moran (London-based satirist);
- Alastair Campbell (er…nuff said);
- Roy Greenslade (Guardian);
- Zac Goldsmith (MP);
- Douglas Alexander (MP);
- Jeremy Hunt (MP);
- Louis Susman (diplomat);
- Peter Tatchell (wouldn’t be a show without Punch…);
- Will Watson (peace practitioner – no idea);
- Louise Phillips (former Lib-dem apparatchik);
- Paul McKeever (copper);..
There are more of the same. But at this point, I rather lost the will to live.
Let’s face it, it’s a bit dismal. Of course, some of the above may be worth reading.
But they’re not exactly voices crying in the wilderness, are they?
Looks like
I don’t mind the look. It’s bright and breezy, and doesn’t look as straight-laced as UK broadsheet sites.
I suppose it’s how the Guardian might look if it was designed by someone who didn’t live in N4.
But the content? Same old same old.
It’ll huff. And it’ll puff.
But it won’t blow anyone’s house down.