DISQUS

Interesting stats but you're right that there needs to be more info.

Warner Chappell is Radiohead's publisher, not its record label. The band didn't have a label at the time of In Rainbows and licensed the CD release to various labels (XL in the UK, for example) on a one-time basis.

Hi Bobbie. I don't think anyone does claim otherwise. That's why I asked Martin whether he was actually shocked or was just being sarcastic.

And I hope I didn't come across as upset about the email. Mildly exasperated, perhaps, but I hoped the end of my post - threatening to tie people to railway tracks or simply copy the Guardian in on my emails - would show that I was taking it in good humour.

Finally, the 'won't take blogs away line' refers to an earlier part of the email. We're adding new bloggers and also trying to keep the size of the site manageable. I didn't want our existing bloggers to feel they might be elbowed aside to make way for new names.

So what I was saying was: 'keep your blog active and we won't take it away'. I realise it's not much of a distinction but there you are.

One other thing: I don't know how I managed to link my previous comment to a specific post from my blog. I intended to link it to my blog homepage but the post I ended up linking to is amusingly appropriate in the circumstances.

Shane

Are you really shocked Martin? I didn't think anybody saw MG as unbiased when it comes to their rival broadsheets. In my view, they play up their rivals woes and play down their successes and do the reverse with stories about the Guardian.

Of course I'm biased too, so perhaps that colours my perception of what is published in MG.

Roy Greenslade is the honourable exception, in my view. I've always found his analysis to be reasonable and fair - even when he's criticising us.

Hi Robert,
Our article was online just after 1pm GMT on the 30th - which is 8am US East Coast and 4am on the West Coast. We didn't miss your video, we just wrote our article well before you published it.
Regards,
Shane Richmond

In the words of the folks at 37 Signals, who are at the cutting edge of the internet-driven business revolution: "You don't have a scaling problem yet."

I take your point that there is a journalism gap but let's give innovators like Rick all the support we can and worry about scaling later.

BTW having had a drink with Rick last time I was up in Norwich, I suspect he would have mixed feelings about being described as an innovator.

He has a reassuringly down-to-earth approach to what he's doing. He knows his job and he knows his audience. He's learning the medium fast. Scaling - which in a way is a problem to aspire to, rather than one to fear - can be tackled later.