I’m close to finishing the alpha release of my thesis. I’ve always been fascinated by readability statistics and other document metrics. Here are some metrics calculated with style.
96,281 words (including bibliography and tables), of which
84,172 words in 3,585 full-fledged sentences.
220 sources cited.
48% of sentences are short (less than 20 words).
6 source languages used (English, Italian, [...]
I’ve written before about how the Spanish public broadcasting reform passed by the Zapatero government has put Italy’s efforts at reform in the shade. Now I’m glad to see that this reform extends to typography as well: RTVE’s new logo gains plaudits in a round up of the year’s best (and worst) logo redesigns. [via [...]
The next chief executive of France Télévisions will be named by the President of the Republic, not by the Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel, as is currently the case.
Two-thirds of French people polled are opposed to this.
56% of those polled believe the reform `calls into question’ the group’s independence.
Of course, it would be nice if they’d [...]
[This is part of a project I'm working on, so it may not be of immediate interest to anyone]
Nominees for the Corecom in Molise are:
Federico Liberatore
Carmina Cirillo
Angelo Spina
Michele Della Loggia
Erminia Gatti
[thanks to Caffe Molise]
Liberatore was previously president of the Corecom from 2001 to 2006. He was was either
a municipal councillor in Bonefro (Campobasso, Molise) [...]