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UAE: Arab Broadcast Forum brings talk of youth readers, interactivity

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 3, 2007 at 5:20 PM
The second annual Arab Broadcast Forum, which opened in Abu Dhabi on April 29th, has brought together Arab and world journalists to discuss issues affecting the Arab press, including press bias, difficulty attracting youth audiences, and the need for interactivity.

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UK: Northcliffe Media launches local sports sites

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 3, 2007 at 3:34 PM
Northcliffe Media, which owns over 100 publications in the UK, is set to launch a series of local sports websites to better compete with small, local publishers and concentrate advertising.
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Newspaper branding can help gain global audience

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 3, 2007 at 3:06 PM
Falling print circulations don’t have to mean that print is entirely endangered: on the contrary, print branding may be necessary to help reach the global market in a way that would be impossible with an online-only publication. This could be especially helpful for specialist financial publications.
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NYT online launches small-business section

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 3, 2007 at 11:32 AM
The New York Times website today launched Small Business, a section dedicated to news and resources for small business owners and entrepreneurs.
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US: Print circulation unrelated to paid electronic circulation

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 3, 2007 at 10:58 AM
The new Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) report showed the newspaper industry in a period of experimentation with paid electronic editions. Some of the biggest metro papers, the same ones with thriving websites, sell far fewer electronic editions than mid-sized dailies. For now, print circulation and paid electronic circulation seem unrelated.

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US: Are newspaper book reviews still worthwhile?

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 3, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Across the US, newspapers have been cutting book review sections and staff and running more reviews from wire services or other papers. In turn, book websites and blogs have begun including more and more book news and reviews. Is this the end of an era, or do newspaper book reviews still serve an important function?
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US: Fort Worth Star Telegram redesign

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 2, 2007 at 2:54 PM

 

 

The Forth Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) launched a redesign Sunday, reducing width, adding color, and making stories shorter and adding quick-read formats.

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The local newsroom of the future

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 2, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Mark Glaser of MediaShift recently offered specifics on a how a non-platform-specific local newsroom would actually operate on a daily basis.

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France: New memorial to honor journalists

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 2, 2007 at 11:00 AM
A new memorial entirely dedicated to journalists killed in the line of duty since 1944 opens today in Bayeux, France.
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Too much excitement over citizen media?

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on May 2, 2007 at 10:28 AM
A new book, The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy by Andrew Keen challenges blogs, citizen journalism and social networking sites, saying that they destroy culture and create “digital narcissism.”
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UK: Guardian Weekly to switch to smaller format

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on April 30, 2007 at 2:33 PM
Starting May 4, the Guardian Weekly will follow the Guardian’s lead and shrink from tabloid to half-Berliner format.

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India: New look for Hindustan Times site

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on April 30, 2007 at 1:35 PM
The Hindustan Times (HT), a leading English-language daily, has relaunched its website to provide around-the-clock breaking news and more interactive features.

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US: Positive forecast for newspaper industry

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on April 27, 2007 at 2:37 PM
At an EconSM conference, newspaper industry insiders sounded pleased with how newspapers are responding to the rise of online news.
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Keyword ads for newspapers online

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on April 27, 2007 at 1:59 PM
Many news organizations regularly buy keyword ads to put their online coverage into the top spot on a search engine. Rob Garner of SearchInsider says this could be “the most effective and relevant form of news advertising” and that doing so for tragic events, as many papers did after the Virginia Tech shooting, is a necessary part of the business of online news.
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Possible new ownership models for newspapers

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on April 27, 2007 at 12:09 PM
As newspapers battle with falling print circulation and ad revenues, Boston Globe reporter Dan Kennedy says that the solution for the Globe and others could be in finding a new business model to escape the profit demands of Wall Street – perhaps going non-profit.
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