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UK: Paper readership dips 5m in 15 years

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 21, 2007 at 2:48 PM
The UK newspapers’ adult readership on an average day fell from 26,7 million in 1992 to 21,7 million last year.

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Do journalists have the right to reveal corporate trade secrets?

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 21, 2007 at 12:40 PM
Apple has settled a lawsuit with the popular Apple rumor blog Think Secret, forcing the blog to cease publication. This news immediately triggered a wave of anger in the blogosphere, and raises issues about revealing trade secrets the status of bloggers as journalists.

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US: CIA requests change on NYT subheadline

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 21, 2007 at 11:34 AM
The White House 'forced' - formally requested - the New York Times to change the subheadline of an article about the CIA’s destruction of secret interrogation videotapes of AL-Qaeda, published last Wednesday.

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UK: Metro launches MeView, UGC video platform

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 20, 2007 at 4:58 PM
The news site metro.co.uk launched its new video-sharing site MeView. The Dailymotion-like site proposes an engaging concept from the start: users can earn money from the clips they upload.

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Viacom ousts DoubleClick, signs £250m with Microsoft

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 20, 2007 at 4:54 PM
MTV owner Viacom signed a $500m (£250m) contract with Microsoft to use its Atlas advertising and content system for the next five years, effectively replacing DoubleClick.
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Freesheets' success based on public transport?

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 20, 2007 at 3:30 PM
Since people spend a lot of time in public transports, the Press-Gratuite blog argues that the free newspapers turned this “waste of time” into a beneficial market.

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US: Misperception of media bias causes problems for democracy

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 20, 2007 at 3:21 PM
A recently published study about bias in the media, conducted by a Purdue University political sociologist, tends to show American people' lack of trust in the media may lead to less concern about politics.
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Should online papers buy keywords related to tragic news?

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 20, 2007 at 2:35 PM
Online newspapers can’t ignore the power of search engines as they increasingly rely on the Internet for revenue and audience. But buying keywords to stay on top raises ethical issues when it comes to tragic events, should online newspapers simply behave like moneymakers?
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US: Newsweek launches political blog The Ruckus

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 19, 2007 at 5:46 PM
Nine bloggers from all political sides have gathered to create a group blog, “The Ruckus” on Newsweek.com, which should help the traditional news outlet to cover the US presidential campaign from a new media perspective
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Metro Int closes Stockholm paper

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 19, 2007 at 5:23 PM
Metro Bostad, the Stockholm-based real-estate edition of the free newpaper giant Metro International is to suspend its door-to-door distribution.

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Financial Times' 10 most read stories

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 19, 2007 at 5:08 PM
FT.com yesterday published its 10 most-read articles in 2007 on its website. The most popular article deals neither with Madeleine McCann nor the appearance of missing canoeist, instead it's an article about the “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought down the Roman empire.

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UK: 'Creative' freesheet for London

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 19, 2007 at 3:43 PM
A new kind of freesheet now circulates in central London. The Notes from the Underground doesn’t deliver any news but only short stories, poems and cartoons.

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US: November revenues for papers lukewarm

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 19, 2007 at 3:26 PM
US newspapers' ad revenues continued to decline, as interactive and digital operations continued to rise.
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Blognation’s lights go out: time for blogosphere to ‘grow up’

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 19, 2007 at 12:49 PM
As weblogs celebrate their 10th anniversary, the threatened blog network blognation.com seems to be nearing its end. When opening the front page, the statement “Will the last one out please turn off the light” appears besides a light switch…

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Brazil: Zero Hora inaugurates integrated newsroom

Posted by Cyril Gros on December 19, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Since the website of Zero Hora, brazilian newspaper, was launched in Sep. 2007, its newsroom has been thoroughly integrated, allowing efficient cooperation between the online and print staffs. But the  newsroom was officially inaugurated last Friday.
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