Luis Felipe Miguel of the University of Brasília reviews a recent book on the history of the Globo network in Brazil, authored by the multimedia giant's own in-house "institutional memory" project.

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Your infotainment is now ready, with one correction: The vote in the regional elections court was 5-1, not 4-1, as mistyped by yours truly into the dialog box. Oh, and more serious: The dateline is August 5, 2007, not April 5, 2007.

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"Measures should be taken to strengthen the monitoring of impartiality issues in business and to ensure there is compliance with the BBC's high standards. In particular, measures should be introduced to address lapses which occur when covering commercial issues.

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"The average Brazilian journalist does not feel able to write freely. Beyond having to follow the editorial line of the publications they work for, the complaints principally have to do with coercion by political or business groups."

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From the "Case Studies in Banana-Republican Journalistic Practices" series: In a story accusing president of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies of corruption, Veja magazine editors discovered at the last minute that a bank account the magazine was about to report contained $1 mi …

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New blood in Latin American press coverage pra inglês ver is a welcome development, I think.

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