BETA ?

A reader in Canada believes he's spotted at least one feature of the Beta version of bbc.com, a page called 'Editor's Picks'.  I'm sure they are 'editor's picks', but for what reason ? Because they're good stories, or they've got healthy ads in the sidebars ? 

You can read these stories in the UK. 'The Rise of 'finfluencers'' is written by UK-based novelist and freelance author Katie Thorp, within the BBC Worklife section; oddly, there's a similar article in the BBC Scotland section of bbc.co.uk.

'A new era of Jewish food in the US' is written for BBC Travel by Berlin-based journalist - it's alternative headline is 'Explore New York City's eight-best Jewish eateries'.

'Why do we name scary things ?' also has an alternative title: 'Why we personify threatening events', written by UK-based David Robson, freelance, previously a full-time employee of BBC Future. 

'One of the US's biggest mysteries' is posh clickbait for a run round the Kennedy assassination, with Oxford-based freelance Clare Thorp. 

'Artist took the money and ran - now it's payback time' is a version of 'Danish artist told to repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses', which looks like a public service piece by Alex Smith. 

'Officer who put woman in car hit by train' is an alternate title for 'Ex-Colorado police officer who put handcuffed woman in car hit by train avoids jail', to be found on the US/Canada section of BBC News. 

'Rare dinosaur 'Barry' up for sale at Paris auction' is also available on BBC News.