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NewsNow launched NewsNow Mobile, a mobile site that provides updates from newspapers around the world, at once.  NewsNow Mobile is a rolling news service in real time that links to over 200,000 articles daily. 

According to Struan Bartlett, chairman, NewsNow Publishing Limited, "NewsNow Mobile could really be a new 'killer app' for mobile phones.  It makes a great alternative to reading the paper, whether you're bored on the train, in a cafe or even in bed! Unlike a newspaper, it's free, it's handy and it won't get ink on your fingers."

The Editor-in-Chief of Al Dustour, the daily newspaper in Egypt, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Gebran Tueni Award, the annual prize of the World Association of Newspapers that honors an editor or publisher in the Arab region.

Ibrahim Essa is recognized for his "commitment to freedom of the press, his courage, leadership, ambition and high managerial and professional standards," and will receive the award at the 3rd Arab Free Press Forum, to be held in Beirut next week.

In an attempt to draw young readers to its website, the Register-Mail has created a page on social networking site Facebook, according to editor Tom Martin.

The page is aimed at some of the audience who do not check the paper's website every day, but may check Facebook multiple times per day. 

Colin Myler, editor of the UK Sunday tabloid newspaper News of The World, says that "back door" privacy laws are restricting Britain's media. Myler put forward that smaller publishers  are placed under undue pressure by the legislation, since they frequently do not have the budget to take legal action.

He added that the lack of parliamentary discussion about these issues was worrying. According to Myler, the edicts from High Courts in London are prompted by Human Rights judges from the European Union, who are "unfriendly" to freedom of expression, while the MPs remain silent. 

Although the media may be partly responsible for the privacy situation, instructions imposed by Justice Eady, senior libel judge, and other prominent legal figures have left the UK media in an "unrecognisable" state.

Myler's paper was ordered to pay £60,000 in damages to world motorsport figure Max Mosley in July, AFP reported. Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre previously said that the "public shaming" of high-profile figures may be meaningful in "defending the parameters of what are considered acceptable standards of social behaviour."

"Some [newspapers] will struggle to survive, but, as an industry, we really do have to be more positive and not allow those so-called media experts and commentators to tell us how badly we are doing," Myler said.

Source: Journalism.co.uk, AFP

The Duluth News Tribune relaunched today with a new design.  According to the paper's website they have "taken a more aggressive approach to news, story play and presentation."  

The paper has adopted a narrower newsprint in order to cut newsprint costs. In addition, they have increased headline sizes and changed page layouts.

Content will also be shifted around.  The News Tribune will begin publishing a new section on Sundays, entitled "Scrapbook" which will be uniquely for reader submitted content.

Source: Duluth News Tribune

The financial plight of the newspaper industry has caused some papers to shut down, some to reduce days with printed copy or go entirely online.  Tom Mcniff, managing editor of the Ocala Star-Banner, detailed in his paper's Sunday edition the latest way they are cutting costs:  literally cutting the paper.

Starting Monday, the Star-Banner will be a column narrower than in the past.  It is the latest of a "number of significant changes" to the paper in recent months, including a complete redesign of its layout.

One of the ten Canwest newspaper websites to be redesigned is the Calgary Herald.  The Herald has geared themselves towards becoming an online multimedia destination.

In addition to a new look, they have added and improved their content.  According to the paper's website, the "changes are deeper than just the look of the calgaryherald.com home page."

Former editor of the Daily Mirror Piers Morgan said that all national newspapers will be free within 10 years, and his paper should be the kick-off to the transition, according to Press Gazette.

Detroit's Daily Tribune is cutting back from six days a week to four.  It will be published on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday starting next week.

The paper announced the move is in order to cut costs.  The paper's website will be updated seven days a week.

Source: Editor & Publisher

One month after its initial trial period, a meeting of about 30 editors will be held in Atlanta to hear about CNN's wire service.

CNN has made plans to broaden its service to provide coverage of national, international and possibly local events "on a smaller scale and at a lower cost" than the Associated Press, according to Editor and Publisher.

The Charleston Daily Mail has announced that they are switching from an evening to a morning publication.  The move is designed to cut transportation costs and to give the paper a chance to extend its circulation.

The Daily Mail and competitor, the Charleston Gazette produce a combined newspaper on Saturdays and Sundays.  However, they have competing staffs and produce different news stories and editorial content, according to Editor & Publisher.

Source: Editor & Publisher

Editor Roy Wright says that the Huddersfiled Daily Examiner "will retain a strong network of frontline news gatherers" despite the scaling back of editorial management and production roles, Hold the Front Page is reporting.

In an effort to move to "a streamlined multimedia operation," the Trinity Mirror North West "shake up" of the daily paper will leave 16 van drivers and three transport supervisors unemployed, in addition to the dissolution of four editorial roles.  The paper will now switch to overnight printing.

"The changes are both radical and necessary," Wright said.  "Recent research shows there is strong demand for the Examiner to be available earlier in the day."

The paper seeks to remain "at the forefront of the digital revolution," while maintaining the quality of the paper for readers, Wright said.

Source:  Hold the Front Page

According to Le Figaro, L'Equipe, a French daily who's bailiwick is sporting news, is under pressure from their parent company, Amaury Group, to change direction and restructure due to declining sales.

Sales have been declining since 2007.  Also, the paper has seen a significant shift in staff over the past year.

Trinity Mirror has announced that the Liverpool Daily Post will undergo a major restructuring.  According to the paper's website they are launching a "revolutionary new editorial operating model by streamlining its production process to create a centralized hub, providing up-to-the-minute online content for its websites and writing and producing all its Merseyside daily and weekly newspaper titles."

The Post will also stop publishing its Saturday edition, making it a Monday to Friday morning paper, although its website will remain a seven-day-a-week operation.

York's Press newspaper will be the first daily regional newspaper without its own editor, Press Gazette is reporting.

Weekly editor Kevin Booth and managing director Steve Hughes have been made redundant, according to Press Gazette, and are entering the process of applying for managing editor, "the one post that remains."

The Grey Cardigan blog anticipates "significant commercial responsibility beyond merely balancing the editorial budget, i.e. slashing costs and shedding jobs" for the post, and the transition will "destroy any notion of independence or impartiality" on the part of the editor and having significant repercussions on the paper itself.

Source:  Press Gazette
 

The UK's daily Independent costs its publisher, Dublin-based Independent News & Media a "small fortune" every year, The Evening Standard's Roy Greenslade writes, and is likely to fail.

The way to save the paper is by taking a "revolutionary" step--going entirely online.

Foregoing all of its newsprint editions would be following the paper's tradition of "taking risks," according to Greenslade, and would change the face of newspapers in the UK.

Sub-editors are facing a series of cutbacks at the Herald Express, a South West daily newspaper, in the latest of an industry-wide overhaul of newsrooms to reduce costs.

The team of five sub-editors will be reduced to two, Hold the Front Page reports, and administration and sales staffs have left the company.

"Casual staff" has been cut back - at least six community correspondents, who contribute pieces for local news pages, and their sub-editor, have been fired.

The Herald Express has joined other Northcliffe titles on a new server, allowing their copy to be available for sister papers.

Source:  Hold the Front Page

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