Editors Weblog http://www.editorsweblog.org/ en Copyright 2012 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:55:01 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Mail Online is the world's biggest newspaper site, according to comScore The Daily Mail has overtaken The New York Times to become the world's biggest newspaper site, according to data from comScore. 

Buzzfeed reports that in December 2011 Mail Online reached 45.3 million users, compared to 44.8 million reached by the The New York Times.

Mail Online publisher Martin Clarke told Buzzfeed in an interview that growing US audiences and the hiring of deputy editor Katherine Thompson, formerly of the Huffington Post, have helped fuel the Mail's boom in readers. The site has a strong presence in America, with permanent staff in New York and Los Angeles. 

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]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2012/01/mail_online_is_the_worlds_biggest_newspa.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2012/01/mail_online_is_the_worlds_biggest_newspa.php Multimedia Newspaper business model Daily Mail New York Times readership Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:54:01 +0100 Have priorities changed for Arab media businesses? Aboubakr Jamai, founder and editor of Moroccan weekly magazine Le Journal Hebdomadaire, opening the business-focused session of the 5th Arab Free Press Forum, which also included Jacek Utko of Bonnier Business Press.

Many obstacles to successful news publication in the Arab World are receding, said Mohammed Alayyan, founder and publisher of Al-Ghad Daily, the first independent paper in Jordan, and the Alwasweet Weekly Newspaper.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/have_priorities_changed_for_arab_media_b.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/have_priorities_changed_for_arab_media_b.php Newspaper Arab World business model event freedom of information press freedom Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:16:13 +0100 Chicago Tribune offers literature fans premium paid content The Chicago Tribune has announced that it will be offering subscribers a new Sunday books section as a piece of premium paid content.

Printers Row, as the section will be called, will cost Tribune subscribers an additional $99 a year. Those who sign up will get a 24-page book supplement every Sunday, featuring reviews, interviews with authors and news from Chicago's literary scene as well as a free book of short stories each week.

The Chicago Tribune describes the launch in its own business section as "a means to bolster revenue beyond the traditional subscription and advertising model" by offering readers with niche interests a high-quality targeted product that they will be willing to pay for. Gerould Kern, senior vice president and editor of the Chicago Tribune states that "audiences want very specialized information, and we are going to give them that".

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]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/chicago_tribune_offers_literature_fans_p.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/chicago_tribune_offers_literature_fans_p.php Newspaper chicago tribune paid content premium content Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:52:16 +0100 What newspapers have to learn from magazines Thumbnail image for afpf logo web_0.jpgThe future of the newspaper is in magazines, believes Jacek Utko, design director for Bonnier Business Press, which publishes newspapers in eight Central European countries. This is a trend that news organisations should embrace rather than fight, he added, speaking at the 5th Arab Free Press Forum in Tunis.

Print is still a highly relevant medium, Utko said, and publishers are increasingly realizing this as they have been disappointed by tablets as audience- and revenue-generators.

However, the print model at many news organisations - publishing website content the following day and charging for it - does not make sense, Utko claims. It is necessary to offer more than that if you want people to willingly pay for the product.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/what_newspapers_have_to_learn_from_magaz.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/what_newspapers_have_to_learn_from_magaz.php Newspaper business model design magazine redesign Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:26:09 +0100 How best to support the development of Arab media in transition by Larry Kilman

With repression of Arab media lifted in some countries following the 'Arab Spring' revolutions and reforms, what needs to be done to develop a professional independent press in the region?

That was the question posed during a panel discussion Monday at the Arab Free Press Forum in Tunis, and the answer is - quite a lot of things.

Of course there is journalism training, but the needs go far beyond reporting. The challenge is how to turn media into commercial ventures.

"Journalists often don't have proper management experience or marketing experience," said Hafez al-Bukhari, President of the Yemen Polling Centre. ]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/how_best_to_support_the_development_of_a.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/how_best_to_support_the_development_of_a.php Newspaper Arab World event freedom of information press freedom Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:15:50 +0100 Globe and Mail appoints its first public editor to boost its credibility The Globe and Mail, Canada's largest newspaper, has announced the appointment of its first ombudsman. 

As Craig Silverman reported for Poynter, citing an internal memo from the paper's editor-in-chief John Stackhouse, Sylvia Stead will be the first Globe and Mail public editor, starting on January 23rd.

Stead is currently an associate editor and has been with the paper for many years, serving in a variety of roles from national to executive editor.

"The creation of this position is a major step for the Globe to make us more transparent and accountable to our readers, and to continue to build our most important asset -- credibility -- in the Canadian market," Stackhouse wrote in the memo reported by Poynter. 
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2012/01/globe_and_mail_appoints_its_first_public.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2012/01/globe_and_mail_appoints_its_first_public.php Newspaper Newsrooms and Journalism credibility Globe and Mail ombudsman Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:45:54 +0100 NewsRight: US companies come together to monitorize their online content NewsRight, a digital content licensing organization. Amongst the affiliates are the Associated Press, the New York Times Co, Hearst Newspapers and the Washington Post Co.

The aim is to keep track of newspapers' content as it moves around the web in order to license and profit from it. It "will measure the unpaid online use of their original reporting and seek to convert unauthorized websites, blogs and other newsgathering services into paying customers", AP (via the Washington Post) reported.

NewsRight is an evolution of the News Registry, a project started in October 2010 by AP and some partners.  ]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2012/01/newsright_us_companies_together_to_monit.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2012/01/newsright_us_companies_together_to_monit.php Newspaper Web 2.0 monetization online Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:58:44 +0100 State subsidy cuts in Italy: a threat to pluralism or a rational reorganization? contributi editoria italia.pngSome Italian newspapers could be at risk due to the cuts in state subsidies that the new technocrat government is planning to implement.

The Financial Times reported last week that about 100 titles are facing closure as Mario Monti's administration confirmed cuts in public subsidies for the press from €170m to €53m budgeted for next year. These had already been proposed by the previous government led by Silvio Berlusconi.

At risk are wellknown papers such the leftwing Liberazione, Il Manifesto and L'Unità, the former communist party daily founded by Antonio Gramsci in 1924 and the Catholic daily Avvenire.  ]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/state_subsidy_cuts_in_italy_a_threat_to.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/state_subsidy_cuts_in_italy_a_threat_to.php Newspaper Italy newspapers and democracy press freedom subsidies Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:57:45 +0100 Media links of the day Poynter has put together a list of stories published during the final weeks of December: "a quick guide to the media news you missed". Amongst them, Rupert Murdoch joining Twitter - here's a comment from the Guardian - and The New York Times selling 16 regional papers to Halifax Media.

Starting from today, Jan 1, the St. Petersburg Times becomes Tampa Bay Times, a press release published by Editor & Publisher announced. The name change reflects the wider regional identity the paper recently acquired as it has become the largest newspaper in Florida by growing its audience throughout the Tampa Bay region and three-quarters of Times readers live outside St. Petersburg, the release says. 

"In 2011 cameraphones entered the mainstream of photojournalism", the Guardian says. Citizen participation now boasts a significant role in giving and sharing news from important events scenes from the Arab uprisings to Occupy protests. Newswires and major news media started publishing many more cameraphone and video images from both professional reporters and citizens, the article reported.

Good news for newspaper circulation from India. The India Times quoted the 55th Annual report of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) saying that circulation in the country maintained its upward trend clocking a growth of over 8% in 2010-11 with regional language dailies accounting for a significant rise.

For more industry news please see WAN - IFRA's Executive News Service.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/media_links_of_the_day_307.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2012/01/media_links_of_the_day_307.php Newspaper media links Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:33:15 +0100 Print declines in Denmark denmark_1997_2011 print sales.pngPrint sales continue to drop in Denmark, according to data from Newspaper Innovation. Every newspaper in the country has experienced some decline in print sales since 1997. Danish broadsheets have been particularly hard-hit by this drop in sales, Jyllands Posten has lost more than half of its print readership in 14 years and Politiken's print readership has declined by a third over the same period. 

Although the free daily Metro Xpress is still retains the highest readership levels, it too has lost readers, although not as many as the free daily, Urban, which has suffered a steep loss of 60% since 2005.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/print_continues_to_decline_in_denmark.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/print_continues_to_decline_in_denmark.php Newspaper Newsrooms and Journalism denmark printed newspapers readership Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:36:05 +0100 A more digital focus for Sun-Times Media after purchase by Chicago investors?

A local investment group is buying up Sun-Times Media for over $20 million in a move that may bring more digital focus to the media company. 

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The Chicago Sun-Times, one of the papers owned by Sun-Times Media, announced the deal, which was previewed in The Chicago Tribune, yesterday. The new investors include Michael Ferro Jr., Chairman of Merrick Ventures LLC, who will serve as company chairman, and the former publisher of Newsday, Timothy Knight, who will be CEO. 

The group that is selling Sun-Times Media brought it out of bankruptcy in 2009, cutting costs by laying off staff, closing its own print plant and outsourcing the printing to Tribune Co. The group was originally led by former Mesirow CEO Jim Tyree, who died earlier this year. Until yesterday it was run by Jeremy Halbreich, who is stepping down to make way for Knight. 

Under new ownership, the media group will keep the printed paper as a key part of its business model, but the buyout may be the start of a more digital-focused direction.


]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/a_more_digital_focus_for_sun-times_media.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/a_more_digital_focus_for_sun-times_media.php Newspaper business model sale Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:22:28 +0100 Have a digital new year from Gannett and The Sunday Times sunday-times-logo.jpg
As 2012 draws ever nearer, speculation about the future of news in the next 12 months is rife. While changes in the year ahead are certain, newspapers haven't stopped innovating simply because the festive season is upon them.  

The Sunday Times is preparing a Christmas day edition, the first in the paper's 190 year history, to be released on digital platforms, specifically the iPad and Android tablets. The edition will include interactive elements, such as quizzes and 'rub and reveal' pictures, and will be sponsored by retailer John Lewis so it can be given away as a free download. 
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/have_a_digital_new_year_from_gannett_co.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/have_a_digital_new_year_from_gannett_co.php Newspaper Newsrooms and Journalism digital strategy Gannett ipad iphone Sunday Times Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:31:28 +0100 Media links of the day media_links_image.jpg
Italy's paid content market seems surprisingly healthy: twice as many people in Italy pay for digital content as in the US.  

Social advertising: as AOL Ventures invests $7.1 million in Appsavvy, a social advertising company, it seems social might be the latest trend in the advertising business.  

2011, the year that journalism changed: the BBC College of Journalism discusses how Leveson will re-work the industry in 2012.  

French publications Rue 89 and le Nouvel Observateur have announced they are to merge at the end of the year. 

Seth Godin tells us how journalism has become lazy: the hard part of professional journalism is writing fresh material that no one has covered. 

For more industry news please see WAN - IFRA's Executive News Service.


Sources: BBC College of Journalism, PaidContent (1), (2), Rue 89, Seth Godin
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/media_links_of_the_day_304.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2011/12/media_links_of_the_day_304.php Newspaper Newsrooms and Journalism media links Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:00:21 +0100 The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists expands members icij-head-logo.jpg
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a project founded by Centre for Public Integrity, has announced the addition of 41 new members, which brings the total number 158 journalists positioned across the world, collaborating to uncover issues of corruption and abuses of power that span borders. In the interest of transparency, the ICIJ publishes a list of its member here.  

The ICIJ was founded in 1997 and offers journalists access to the resources of the Centre for Public Integrity: computer-assisted reporting specialists, public records experts, fact-checkers and lawyers, for example. ICIJ members can then partner with journalists who operate in territories where resources are scarce or press freedom is limited, in order to investigate crime and corruption where it would otherwise go unreported. The ICIJ is also associated with a global network of non-profit journalism organisations and networks that can provide training and funding for investigative projects for those who need it.   


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El Punto Semanal,  a new weekly for the Spanish language market in Los Angeles, will be released by EC Hispanic Media in the first quarter of 2012. 

The three elements of a successful news organisation: content, distribution and credibility. Robert Hernandez predicts that in the future size won't matter - as long as individuals have these three characteristics, they will become more valued than enormous distribution companies. 
 
The New York Times will raise the cost of home delivery by 30 cents in 2012. 

The distinction between the software industry and the media business is going to blurr more more and more in 2012, argues Nicholas Carr. 

For more industry news please see WAN-IFRA's Executive News Service


Sources: Editor and Publisher, Media Bistro, Nieman Lab (1), (2)
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