http://www.editorsweblog.org/ en Copyright 2010 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:57:54 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Guardian Media Group (GMG) today sold its regional media business to Trinity Mirror 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.

The deal is due to be completed by March 28. The Guardian, which was previously known as the Manchester Guardian before moving its main office to London in the 1960s, will still have a Manchester-based reporter.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/trinity_mirror_buys_guardians_regional_b.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/trinity_mirror_buys_guardians_regional_b.php Newspaper Guardian sale Trinity Mirror Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:39:51 +0100 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have extensively studied The New York Times 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, The New York Times reports.

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.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/study_looks_into_what_news_articles_peop.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/study_looks_into_what_news_articles_peop.php Newspaper Web 2.0 digital editions editorial quality Facebook Google multimedia New York Times newspaper readership Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:14:53 +0100 Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger told Reuters that "if we get the right functionality and design," the iPad could "produce interesting, significant revenue streams," according to PaidContent.

Because developing an application for the iPad will not require any different skills from the ones required to launch an iPhone app, news publishers that have had success with iPhone apps, are now looking to cash in on the iPad.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/guardians_rusbridger_ipad_could_produce.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/guardians_rusbridger_ipad_could_produce.php Multimedia Newspaper business models e-reader Guardian innovation iphone mobile technology multimedia News Corp paid online content paywall redesign revenue subscriptions Times Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:09:56 +0100 The free weekly newspaper in Edinburgh will relaunch next week with a greater focus on shopping and local listings, All Media Scotland reports.

The new-look Edinburgh Herald & Post, produced by The Scotsman'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.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/scotland_edinburgh_herald_post_relaunche.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/scotland_edinburgh_herald_post_relaunche.php Newspaper launch newspaper Scotland Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:18:50 +0100 Press Gazette reports.

Meetings of the local authorities are attended by a reporter from the Manchester Evening News (MEN) or one of its sister weekly publications. Reporters then use Twitter to file updates minute-by-minute. Their updates are then streamed on MEN websites using CoverItLive technology, which allows liveblogging and other forms of real-time updating.

The MEN has so far used this to report on meetings of the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities and the Greater Manchester Police Authority. The newspaper wants to extend the service so that it can cover every full meeting held by ten local authorities across Greater Manchester.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/local_newspaper_liveblogs_local_council.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/local_newspaper_liveblogs_local_council.php Multimedia Newspaper Web 2.0 blogs innovation newspaper newspapers and democracy Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:05 +0100 The MediaNews Group has released details of its plans to charge for content online, announced in November last year, Bloomberg reports. The publisher will adopt a metered system similar to that planned at The New York Times.

Two newspapers, the Daily Record in York, Pennsylvania, and the Enterprise-Record 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 Joseph Lodovic said.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/medianews_group_to_adopt_metered_paywall.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/medianews_group_to_adopt_metered_paywall.php Multimedia Newspaper bankruptcy business models Guardian paid online content paywall Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:48:58 +0100 Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter has announced that it will cut between 100 and 120 jobs after sustaining multi-million euro losses, The Local reports. This amounts to almost one sixth of the newspaper's workforce.

The company employs 580 people, with half of these in the newsroom. Most of the cuts are expected to affect editorial staff, with more than a third of these set to go.

The newspaper reported losses of 97 million kronor, or around €10 million, last year. Despite this, union official Hans Arbman said that the cuts were unexpected.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/02/jobs_to_go_at_swedish_daily.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/02/jobs_to_go_at_swedish_daily.php Newspaper Newsrooms and Journalism cutbacks job cuts Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:08:00 +0100 Political Management master's degree program at the George Washington University surveyed 371 print and web journalists from September to October of last year, with the aim of establishing to what extent social media tools are used in the research and distribution of articles.

The results of the online survey, reported on the university's newspaper website, found that 56 percent of those surveyed said that social media was important or somewhat important for reporting and producing stories, with the overwhelming majority citing the internet as the starting point for their research- despite the fact that 84 percent said news and information delivered via social media was slightly less or much less reliable than news delivered via traditional media. ]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/survey_finds_majority_of_journalists_use.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/survey_finds_majority_of_journalists_use.php Multimedia Newspaper Facebook student newspapers Twitter Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:42:45 +0100 The Newspaper Guild of New York has accused Thompson Reuters of imposing illegal pay cuts, the New York Times reports. 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.

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. ]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/reuters_accused_of_imposing_illegal_pay.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/reuters_accused_of_imposing_illegal_pay.php Multimedia Newspaper cutbacks Reuters Twitter union Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:03:02 +0100 Following a week of much speculation over whether the new London freesheet existed, and if so, if it would launch at all, the London Weekly is finally here, says Guardian.

The launch of the new freesheet was announced in November of last year, with its website opening in December. Executives at the Global Publishing Group, the company responsible for the publication, initially announced the freesheet would launch on February 1st, but later pushed back the start date to February 5th.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/freesheet_london_weekly_is_here.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/freesheet_london_weekly_is_here.php Newspaper blogs business models circulation closures distribution editorial quality free newspapers launch newspaper Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:30:52 +0100 Australian public broadcaster the ABC has launched a new digital initiative called ABC Open to feature user-generated content on existing ABC local websites.

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.

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.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/what_will_abc_open_mean_for_newspapers.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/what_will_abc_open_mean_for_newspapers.php Multimedia Newspaper Australia broadcast citizen journalism communities online-only user-generated content Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:07:02 +0100 The launch of Apple's iPad 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.

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, as Poynter Online's Bill Mitchell reports, the iPad will probably not be the solution to all of the newspapers' woes, but this sleek electronic device could play a substantial role in the migration of users from a cost-heavy past to a more efficient future.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/ipad_changes_the_story_for_newspaper-sub.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/02/ipad_changes_the_story_for_newspaper-sub.php Multimedia Newspaper advertising Apple business models circulation distribution e-reader innovation journalism Kindle mobile technology multimedia newspaper NYT subscriptions tablet Wall Street Journal Washington Post Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:55:17 +0100 Staff members at The Guardian have voted to oppose proposed changes to their pay and conditions, including cuts to sabbaticals, and instead claimed a pay rise for editorial staff.

The Guardian reported that the local branch of the National Union of Journalists for The Guardian, The Observer and website guardian.co.uk voted against proposals to outsource technical support and some work involved in the production of sponsored supplements.

Parent company Guardian News & Media (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.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/02/guardian_staff_oppose_changes_to_pay_and.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2010/02/guardian_staff_oppose_changes_to_pay_and.php Newspaper Newsrooms and Journalism business models cutbacks Guardian union Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:57:45 +0100 The London Evening Standard's readership has gone from 556,000 in April to September to 1.37 million in the last three months of 2009, Stephen Brook from Guardian reports.

These positive readership figures follow the newspaper going free in October of last year and more than doubling its circulation to 600,000 copies in the process. The London Evening Standard was bought by Russian billionaire Alexander Lebeveb 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 speculation that other London quality newspapers may drop their cover price as well.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/london_evening_standard_readership_rises.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2010/02/london_evening_standard_readership_rises.php Newspaper advertising business models circulation readership revenue Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:25:20 +0100 Newspaper publisher News International has launched a review of its search, affiliate, social media and pay-per-click business for some of its online newspaper brands, Media Week reports.

The publisher is looking for a search and social media agency to handle online brands including online bingo for The Sun and News of the World, as well as its online fantasy football game Dream Team.
]]> http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/news_international_seeks_social_media_ag.php http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2010/02/news_international_seeks_social_media_ag.php Newspaper Web 2.0 digital editions Guardian News Corp social networks Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:12:15 +0100