Times Online to comment on comment

Times Online has launched Comment Central, a daily blog about comment on the web.

The Times has billed the new feature, run by comment editor Daniel Finkelstein, as 'the most comprehensive online guide to opinion and comment on the internet'. It has also launched an afternoon business download called The Note.

According to the Times, Comment Central will be a mix of analysis, links to opinion pieces across the web and interviews with Times columnists about what's shaping their opinion pieces.

Daniel Finkelstein said: "This is an extension of my work as the comment editor and as a commentator. There is so much fantastic material out there, information that our readers will want to know about.

"It means we're going to sites that people will not have heard of and bringing them to their attention."

The first of the politics-heavy postings said the aim of the programme was to be part of the blogging community, to be idiosyncratic and selective, and to 'help provide context for those who read Times columns'.

Comment Central also has plans to run Weekend Central, a selection of feature material that will cover comment on a diverse range of subjects, again from numerous websites globally.

"There will inevitably be a political leaning, because of The Times tradition for political comment and because that is the kind of comment that is popular.

"But we will not solely focus on politics, there will be coverage from other areas," added Mr Finkelstein.

The Note, a PDF of daily business news, analysis and comment, will be available from 5pm each day.

James Harding, business editor of The Times, said: "The Note is a concise, opinionated summary of the day's top business stories. It will provide the talking points of the day and the agenda for tomorrow.

"We have more business readers than any other quality newspaper and more than 8 million people round the world now turn to the Times Online. We want to provide news and views wherever you are - at work, at home and commuting in between."

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