The Industry Standard, my former magazine, appears to be considering re-launching. Its six years since the death of the “newsmagazine of the Internet Economy�, but at least it left a good looking corpse. Many people still respect the kind of in-depth investigate coverage it brought to the Internet industry. Quite why owners IDG are considering bringing it back is beyond me. Time-Warner pulled the plug on Business 2.0, a similar

The UK’s Press Gazette magazine, a title for journalists, has relaunched its web site in a three column design. From the more colourful home page, drop-down menus lead the user into the various magazine and site sections. It seems clear that the main site is running on a fairly old-fashioned content management system still, while the blogs have shot ahead, with tag clouds, pictures, comments and blog rolls.

Time magazine is among the latest large media owner to realise that the Internet is not a place where you spend a lot of money. In fact, it’s so efficient at disintermediating the income streams of traditional media companies who mainly play in print, that they are having to cut staff and put what resources they have left online. This something UK Press Gazette failed to realise and paid the