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Trinity Mirror buys Guardian's regional business
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Study looks into what news articles you share and why
Posted by Maria Conde on February 9, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Video cameras for reporters as newspaper moves into the digital age
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Editors Webinars - Andrew Moger and Juan Ignacio Gallardo
Posted by Antoine Laurent on February 9, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Guardian's Rusbridger: 'iPad could produce significant revenue streams'
Posted by Maria Conde on February 9, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Scotland: Edinburgh Herald & Post relaunches
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 9, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Newspaper liveblogs local council meetings
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 9, 2010 at 12:12 PM
UK: More Press Association reporters to cover Winter Olympics
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Survey finds majority of journalists use social media sites as first port of call for research
Posted by Helena Humphrey on February 8, 2010 at 1:42 PM
German news websites put up paywalls: Morgenpost and Abendblatt
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 8, 2010 at 12:40 PM
ProPublica investigates politicians' Super Bowl fundraising
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 8, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Reuters accused of imposing illegal pay cuts by union
Posted by Helena Humphrey on February 8, 2010 at 11:03 AM
iPad changes the story for newspaper-subsidized e-readers
Posted by Maria Conde on February 5, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Local newspaper liveblogs its own newsroom
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 5, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Guardian's Zeitgeist tracks 'social signals' from readers
Posted by Trafton Kenney on February 5, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Guardian staff oppose changes to pay and conditions
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM
News International seeks social media agency
Posted by Elizabeth Redman on February 4, 2010 at 5:12 PM
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/trinity_mirror_buys_guardians_regional_b.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5688" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/gmg.jpg"><img alt="gmg.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/gmg-thumb-200x160-5688.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="160" width="200" /></a></form>The <b>Guardian Media Group </b>(GMG) today sold its regional media business to <b>Trinity Mirror</b> in a £44.8 million deal, it was widely reported. Of the price, £7.4 million comes in cash and Trinity Mirror is releasing GMG from a £37.4 million print contract.
<br /><br />The deal is due to be completed by March 28. <i>The Guardian</i>, which was previously known as the <i>Manchester Guardian</i> before moving its main office to London in the 1960s, will still have a Manchester-based reporter.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/study_looks_into_what_news_articles_peop.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5682" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/whoemails.gif"><img alt="whoemails.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/whoemails-thumb-200x258-5682.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="258" width="200" /></a></form>Researchers at the <b>University of Pennsylvania</b> have extensively studied The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"><i>New York Times</i></a> list of most e-mailed articles, checking every 15 minutes for more than six months, analyzing the content of thousands of articles, and controlling for factors like the placement in the paper or on the Web home page, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/09tier.html?ref=media">The New York Times reports</a>.<br /><br />Results from the study show that NYTimes readers have exalted tastes - seeking to inspire awe in their friends, colleagues, and family by choosing to e-mail positive articles over negative ones, and long, intellectually challenging articles over short and shocking ones. <br />&title=Study looks into what news articles you share and why ){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/video_cameras_for_reporters_as_newspaper.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5680" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newhavenregister.jpg"><img alt="newhavenregister.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/newhavenregister-thumb-200x29-5680.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="29" width="200" /></a></form>All reporters at the <b>Journal-Register Co.</b> (JRC) will get video cameras, under an ambitious plan to bring the newspaper into the digital age, the company's 3,100 employees have been told. The company's new CEO <b>John Paton</b> has also told staff that they now work for a 'media company', not a 'newspaper company'. Appropriately enough, he announced the news in a seven-minute slideshow, emailed companywide, <a href="http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/all_roads_no_longer_lead_to_print">the <i>New Haven Independent</i> reports</a>.<br /><br />"We're not looking to make any cuts," Paton told the Independent. "We need to improve [local coverage]. We don't need to make it worse." The company, which runs 19 daily and 150 other newspapers, including the flagship <i>New Haven Register</i>, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/02/bankruptcy_looms_for_more_us_newspapers.php">filed for bankruptcy last February</a>.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/guardians_rusbridger_ipad_could_produce.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5674" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/rusbridger1.jpg"><img alt="rusbridger1.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/rusbridger1-thumb-200x120-5674.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form><i>Guardian</i> editor-in-chief <b>Alan Rusbridger</b> told <b>Reuters</b> that "if we get the right functionality and design," the <b>iPad</b> could "produce interesting, significant revenue streams," <a href="http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-rusbridger-ipad-could-produce-significant-revenue-streams/">according to <i>PaidContent</i>.</a><br /><br />Because developing an application for the iPad will not require any different skills from the ones required to launch an <b>iPhone</b> app, news publishers that have had success with iPhone apps, are now looking to cash in on the iPad.<br />&title=<i>Guardian</i>'s Rusbridger: '<b>iPad</b> could produce significant revenue streams'){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/scotland_edinburgh_herald_post_relaunche.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5672" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/edinburgh_castle1.JPG"><img alt="edinburgh_castle1.JPG" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/edinburgh_castle1-thumb-175x193-5672.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="193" width="175" /></a></form>The free weekly newspaper in Edinburgh will relaunch next week with a greater focus on shopping and local listings, <a href="http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/24437/herald-amp;-post-to-be-relaunched"><i>All Media Scotland</i> reports</a>.
<br /><br />The new-look <i>Edinburgh Herald & Post</i>, produced by <i>The Scotsman</i>'s publishers, is expected to focus on the shopping and services sector in the city with consumer news and features. It will also include local listings and a picture gallery to focus on community events. The newspaper will be distributed free to households across Edinburgh from Thursday. <br />
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/smartphone_sales_soar_in_2009.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5666" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/smartphones09.jpg"><img alt="smartphones09.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/smartphones09-thumb-200x140-5666.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="140" width="200" /></a></form>Vendors shipped a record 54.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2009, 39% more than the 39.2 million shipped in the same quarter in 2008, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/188610/smartphone_sales_score_record.html">according to <b>IDC</b> information on <i>PC World</i></a>. <br /><br />Four of the top five smartphone sellers beat their shipments records for a single quarter, according to numbers released by the <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22196610">International Data Corporation (IDC)</a>. Following a 98% increase in smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of 2008, <b>Apple</b> has regained its spot as third largest smartphone vendor, behind longtime leaders <b>Nokia</b> and <b>Research in Motion</b> &title=Smartphone sales soar in 2009){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/medianews_group_to_adopt_metered_paywall.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5655" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/MediaNewsGroup.JPG"><img alt="MediaNewsGroup.JPG" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/MediaNewsGroup-thumb-200x68-5655.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="68" width="200" /></a></form>The <b>MediaNews Group</b> has released details of its plans to charge for content online, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/11/medianews_to_place_partial_pay_wall_on_t.php">announced in November last year</a>, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ayunozwEqBAM"><i>Bloomberg</i> reports</a>. The publisher will adopt a metered system similar to that planned at <i>The New York Times</i>.
<br /><br />Two newspapers, the <i>Daily Record</i> in York, Pennsylvania, and the <i>Enterprise-Record</i> in Chico, California, will start charging in May. They will give users access to up to 25 'premium' articles a month, after which they will be required to pay a fee. Print subscriptions will include access to the website. Premium content may include some columns and investigative reporting, MediaNews president <b>Joseph Lodovic</b> said.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/german_news_websites_put_up_paywalls.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5651" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/logo_berlinermorgenpost.gif"><img alt="logo_berlinermorgenpost.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/logo_berlinermorgenpost-thumb-200x30-5651.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="30" width="200" /></a></form>German publisher <b>Axel Springer</b> has made good on its promises and put up online paywalls for two of its German newspapers, <a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-axel-springer-adds-paywalls-to-two-major-newspaper-sites/"><i>Paid Content</i> reports</a>.
<br /><br />Two of its newspapers, the <i>Berliner Morgenpost</i> and the <i>Hamburger Abendblatt</i>, are now charging for online content. It now costs €4.95 a month for access to all content on <i>morgenpost.de</i>. By contrast, <i>abendblatt.de</i> has a mixture of free and premium content, with a premium subscription priced at €7.95 a month. It appears to charge extra for content specific to the Hamburg region while providing national news for free. Subscriptions for both sites are renewed on a monthly basis.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/02/propublica_investigates_politicians_supe.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5649" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/propublica-logo.jpg"><img alt="propublica-logo.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/propublica-logo-thumb-200x86-5649.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="86" width="200" /></a></form>Non-profit investigative journalism outfit <i>ProPublica</i> is taking advantage of the <b>Super Bowl</b> to dig into the fundraising efforts of politicians, <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=177305"><i>Poynter Online</i> reports</a>.
<br /><br />Reporter <b>Marcus Stern</b> planned to use the football game, held yesterday, to spot members of Congress who were attending and figure out how they obtained their tickets. But since he knew that trying to contact 535 members of Congress would be too big a task for one person, he turned the investigation into a crowdsourcing effort and asked professional journalists and the public to help collaborate.
<br /><br />"To some extent, this is going to be a test of the privacy or the openness of members of Congress when it comes to fundraising," <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=177305">Stern told Poynter Online</a>.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/reuters_accused_of_imposing_illegal_pay.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="4865" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2009/12/thompson_reuters_logo3-thumb-200x107-4864.jpg"><img alt="Thumbnail image for thompson_reuters_logo3.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2009/12/thompson_reuters_logo3-thumb-200x107-4864-thumb-200x107-4865.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="107" width="200" /></a></form><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/09/new_york_times_and_newspaper_guild_coope.php"><b>The Newspaper Guild of New York</b> </a>has accused <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2009/12/job_cuts_at_thomson_reuters.php"><b>Thompson Reuters</b> </a>of imposing illegal pay cuts, <i>the New York Times</i> reports. <a href="http://http//www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2009/12/job_cuts_at_thomson_reuters.php">The news comes just two months after the agency made clear its plans to cut some 240 jobs in its legal divisions across North America.</a>
<br /><br />According to a complaint filed by the union on Friday, the news service is wrongly cutting the pay of some 420 employees by an average of 10 percent through various measures, including no longer contributing to staff retirement plans, health care, out of pocket expenses, as well as increasing the number of hours staff members must work in order to receive overtime. Automatic annual pay increases will also no longer be guaranteed. &title=<b>Reuters</b> accused of imposing illegal pay cuts by union){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/mobile_news_gains_ground_in_france.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5644" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/franceiphone.jpg"><img alt="franceiphone.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/franceiphone-thumb-200x132-5644.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="132" width="200" /></a></form>News applications for iPhone have met an undeniable success with French readers, but the task of monetising this through selling content, services and advertising still remains, <a href="http://www.lesechos.fr/info/comm/020339374970-les-francais-commencent-a-lire-leurs-journaux-sur-l-iphone.htm">according to <i>Les Echos</i></a>.
<br /><br />The director of electronic editions for <i>Libération</i>, <b>Ludovic Blecher</b>, said that the iPhone had revolutionised the consumption of news on mobile platforms. The Libération iPhone app was launched in the autumn, as was that of <i>Le Figaro</i>, and they have been downloaded 400,000 and 600,000 times respectively. "Around 30,000 people open it every day," Blecher said. Figures for <i>Le Monde</i> are even higher: it launched its app in November 2008 and has just reached 1.3 million unique downloads, attracting between 200,000 and 250,000 hits a day.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/freesheet_london_weekly_is_here.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="5640" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/londonweeklyissue1.jpg"><img alt="londonweeklyissue1.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/londonweeklyissue1-thumb-200x120-5640.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form>Following a week of much <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/freesheet_launch_all_quiet_on_the_london.php">speculation over whether the new London freesheet existed</a>, and if so, if it would launch at all, the <i>London Weekly</i> is finally here, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/feb/05/pressandpublishing">says <i>Guardian</i></a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/12/the_london_weekly_will_it_work.php">The launch of the new freesheet was announced in November of last year</a>, with its website opening in December. Executives at the <b>Global Publishing Group</b>, the company responsible for the publication, initially announced the freesheet would launch on February 1st, but later <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/new_london_freesheet_announces_launch_da.php">pushed back the start date to February 5th</a>.<br />&title=Freesheet <i>London Weekly</i> is here){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/what_will_abc_open_mean_for_newspapers.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5638" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/abc-logo1.jpg"><img alt="abc-logo1.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/abc-logo1-thumb-200x215-5638.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="215" width="200" /></a></form>Australian public broadcaster the <b>ABC</b> has launched a new digital initiative called <b>ABC Open</b> to feature user-generated content on existing ABC local websites.
<br /><br />The initiative aims to develop the digital skills of local communities to tell their own stories. The reports produced through the project will be published on the broadcaster's local websites and other sites, and may also be distributed on radio, television or mobile platforms. <br /><br />More than 50 editors and producers, based in local radio offices around the country, will be charged with helping communities design and develop media-rich local stories. <br />
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/ipad_changes_the_story_for_newspaper-sub.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5634" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/01/ipadalone-thumb-200x115-5510-thumb-200x115-5511.jpg"><img alt="Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for ipadalone.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/ipadalone-thumb-200x115-5510-thumb-200x115-5511-thumb-200x115-5634.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="115" width="200" /></a></form>The launch of <b>Apple</b>'s <b>iPad </b>has garnered much optimism in the newspaper industry, driving hopes that the innovative tablet computer will be able to breathe some new life into an industry battered by an advertising downturn.<br /><br />Much speculation has placed very high hopes on the capacity of the iPad and a slew of new generation e-readers to revamp the industry and bolster its business model. But, <a href="http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=131&aid=177206">as <i>Poynter Online</i>'s <b>Bill Mitchell</b> reports</a>, the iPad will probably not be the solution to all of the newspapers' woes, but this sleek electronic device <i>could</i> play a substantial role in the migration of users from a cost-heavy past to a more efficient future. <br /> <iframe frameborder="0" name="mashlogic" style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: hidden; display: none; z-index: 9999; position: absolute; top: auto; right: auto; bottom: auto; left: auto;" id="mashlogic" src="about:blank"></iframe>&title=<b>iPad</b> changes the story for newspaper-subsidized e-readers){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/facebook_emerges_as_threat_to_google_new.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5632" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/facebook-logo2.jpg"><img alt="facebook-logo2.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/facebook-logo2-thumb-200x75-5632.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="75" width="200" /></a></form><b>Facebook</b> is rivaling <b>Google News</b> and <b>Google Reader</b> as a distributor of news content on the internet, according to recent data from <i>Hitwise</i>.<br /><br />Hitwise online analyst <b>Heather Hopkins</b> <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/us-heather-hopkins/2010/02/facebook_largest_news_reader_1.html">reports</a> that Google Reader accounted for .01% of visits to news and information websites in late January - roughly the same figure as a year ago. Meanwhile, Google News accounted for 1.39% of upstream visits and Facebook for 3.52%.<br /> &title=<b>Facebook</b> emerges as threat to <b>Google News</b>){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/local_newspaper_liveblogs_its_own_newsro.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5629" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/NCE_masthead.gif"><img alt="NCE_masthead.gif" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/NCE_masthead-thumb-200x42-5629.gif" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="42" width="200" /></a></form>Local newspaper the <i>Northampton Chronicle and Echo</i> is today running <a href="http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/custompages/custompage.aspx?pageid=81622">a day-long live discussion</a> with readers about what's going on in its newsroom.
<br /><br />Using the liveblogging software <b>Cover-it-Live</b>, which the newspaper has previously used to cover sporting events such as the away games of local teams, editorial staff plan to interact more directly with readers.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/guardians_zeitgeist_tracks_social_signal.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5627" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/zeitgeist.jpg"><img alt="zeitgeist.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/zeitgeist-thumb-200x120-5627.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="120" width="200" /></a></form><i>The</i> <i>Guardian</i> is developing a new feature for its website, <b><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/zeitgeist">Zeitgeist</a></b>, which organizes content into trends based on the attention of users. Instead of tracking articles by the number of page views, Zeitgeist analyzes the 'social signals' or behavior of visitors to <i>Guardian.co.uk</i> by looking at the websites they come from, the sites they visit after, the amount of time spent on each page, and which stories they post on social networking sites. <br /><br />The data for each story is then analyzed together for a value of "Zeitgeistiness." Stories that attract more attention than normal are then posted on the Zeitgeist page in color-coded blocks according to the section in which they first appeared in the Guardian, making it easier for readers to notice trends throughout the week. Each article is only compared to others published on the same day in the same section.<br /> &title=<i>Guardian</i>'s <b>Zeitgeist</b> tracks 'social signals' from readers){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/02/guardian_staff_oppose_changes_to_pay_and.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5625" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/art116guardian.jpg"><img alt="art116guardian.jpg" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/art116guardian-thumb-200x133-5625.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="133" width="200" /></a></form>Staff members at <i>The Guardian</i> have voted to oppose proposed changes to their pay and conditions, including cuts to sabbaticals, and instead claimed a pay rise for editorial staff.
<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/feb/04/guardian-news-and-media-nuj">The Guardian reported</a> that the local branch of the <b>National Union of Journalists</b> for The Guardian, <i>The Observer</i> and website <i>guardian.co.uk</i> voted against proposals to outsource technical support and some work involved in the production of sponsored supplements.
<br /><br />Parent company <b>Guardian News & Media</b> (GNM) also has plans to cut rates paid to casual staff and to end journalist sabbaticals, currently set at a four week paid break for every four years of service. Union members opposed these proposals.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/london_evening_standard_readership_rises.php&bodytext=<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="2839" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/logos/Image%2012.png"><img alt="Evening Standard.png" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2009/05/Image%2012-thumb-200x75-2839.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="75" width="200" /></a></form>The<i> London Evening Standard</i>'s readership has gone from 556,000 in April to September to 1.37 million in the last three months of 2009, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/feb/03/london-evening-standard-newspapers"><b>Stephen Brook</b> from <i>Guardian</i> reports.</a><br /><br />These positive readership figures follow the <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/evening_standard_starts_its_life_as_a_fr.php">newspaper going free in October</a> of last year and more than <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/more_freesheet_speculation_as_lebedevs_p.php">doubling its circulation to 600,000 copies in the process</a>. The London Evening Standard was bought by Russian billionaire <b>Alexander Lebeveb</b> in 2008, and his decision to drop the paper's 50p cover price was made in the hope that boosted circulation would increase advertising enough to make up for the lost revenue of having no cover price. His move towards the freesheet format prompted <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/01/more_freesheet_speculation_as_lebedevs_p.php">speculation that other London quality newspapers may drop their cover price as well.</a><br />&title=<i>London Evening Standard</i> readership rises){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/news_international_seeks_social_media_ag.php&bodytext= <form mt:asset-id="5612" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsinternational1.png"><img alt="newsinternational1.png" src="http://www.editorsweblog.org/assets_c/2010/02/newsinternational1-thumb-200x41-5612.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="41" width="200" /></a></form>Newspaper publisher <b>News International</b> has launched a review of its search, affiliate, social media and pay-per-click business for some of its online newspaper brands, <a href="http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/981512/News-International-hunt-search-social-media-agency/"><i>Media Week </i>reports</a>.
<br /><br />The publisher is looking for a search and social media agency to handle online brands including online bingo for <i>The Sun</i> and <i>News of the World</i>, as well as its online fantasy football game <i>Dream Team</i>.
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