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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.

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.

After reports surfaced that Dutch free daily, Spits, was selling editorial space, the media in the Netherlands was outraged.  

According to Newspaper Innovation, today another paper that has been selling editorial space, De Pers has been criticized for the almost indiscernible line between their advertising and editorial content.

The New York Times is boasting a "successful" advertising campaign on social networking site Facebook, increasing their number of "fans" following the presidential election, according to the Nieman Journalism Lab.

An internal memo from Times president Scott Heekin-Canedy said that the goals of the campaign were to increase the company's number of Facebook fans, "raise awareness of NYTimes.com as an interactive news center, and engage the Facebook community in a conversation about the election outcome."

Free paper 24 Hodin will publish its last issue on December 19, three years after its initial launch in the Czech Republic, leaving only one of the country's four free dailies published in 2006 remaining.

The paper, by Swiss publisher Ringier, had a circulation of 210,000.

Source:  Newspaper Innovation

Roger Alton, editor of UK daily newspaper The Independent, said in an interview on Sky News Online that he takes responsibilty for the publication's declining economic situation. Alton also sttates that there are no plans to sell the newspaper in the future.

Alton goes on to say that the price increase startegy (from 80p to £1 in September) failed and pushed sales down further. The price rise made The Independent more expensive than other papers in the UK market, such as The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Times.

The Dutch free daily, Spits, allows people to purchase editorial space. According to Newspaper Innovation, this method "caused some disturbance among most audience members" at the World Free Press Conference in Barcelona.

A recent example was when the paper made a deal with a local bank, Rabobank, to cover their cycling team throughout the Tour de France.  The bank covered all of the costs, however, coverage was probably less objective.

According to Newspaper Innovation, readers of free dailies are more likely to accept this model than readers of paid dailies.

Source: Newspaper Innovation

Free dailies 15minut and Obzor are numbers 2 and 3 in readership in the Ukraine, right behind paid paper Segodnya.

All three papers had gained readership since spring 2008, according to a National Readership Survey.  Segodnya had 519,000 daily readers, with 15minut and Obzor at 394,000 and 314,000, respectively.

Obzor's readership from spring to fall rose 25%, while Segodnya gained 3% and 15minut 1%.

Vecherkom, a free afternoon paper, came in 7th on daily readership in the country with 197,000 readers.

Source:  Newspaper Innovation

News International's The London Lite, despite distributing 100,000 less copies than its rival thelondonpaper, is continuing to draw in more readers, according to statistics from the National Readership survey.

The associated-owned free paper has a lead in readership of 69,000 over thelondonpaper over the past year.

Free daily Metro has also seen an increase in readership while the paid-for London-Evening Standard has fallen 13%, according to the study.

Source:  BrandRepublic

The "spoof" version of Wednesday's New York Times had big headlines, the end of the Iraq war and growth for the economy - not to mention it was free - and it is now making big headlines around the world.

The paper, dated July 4, 2009, was not meant as a humorous hoax, the organization behind the prank said, and instead wanted to push progressive politics and remind politicians to keep their campaign promises.

A merger between two free dailies, 20 Minutes and Metro, is "inevitable" in France, according to a report by La Tribune.

20 Minutes has said they were "interested in anything that led to growth and consolidation," when referring to a Metro France shareholder's approach to the paper to discuss "cooperation," La Tribune reports.  Metro is denying the rumors.

A merger would "fit in Metro's international strategy," as there are similar international mergers in Sweden.

Both papers are in a "difficult" economic position, and face advertising competition with other free papers, such as DirectMatin and DirectSoir, and various other markets (such as Lille and Lyon) within France.

Source:  Newspaper Innovation

After nearly four years of operation, Sound Publishing, Inc., is temporarily suspending publication of the Kitsap Free Daily in Washington state.

The paper was cancelled to shift the company's focus to "continued development of their online products" and other community newspapers.  Sound Publishing has six weeklies in the Kitsap area.

The paper has a circulation of 10,600, serving Kitsap County, west of Seattle.  

Source:  Free-daily.com

Le Dauphine Libere launched free weekly, avignews.com in Avignon, France at the end of October.

The paper is 24-pages in length and has an initial circulation of 25,000.  The paper also has a web site that features a four-minute daily news report.

According to Newspaper Innovation, a similar news venture has been launched in Grenoble, France - grenews.com.

Source: Newspaper Innovation

Note: It was initially reported that it would launch as a daily, however, the paper will be a weekly publication

On October 30, Bhutan launched its first daily paper, Bhutan Today in an attempt to build a free press. 

Distribution of the eight-page paper will not be easy, it is expected to take up to a week for it to reach remote areas of the country.  The initial circulation will be around 18,00 copies.  It has been launched in English, however according to Bhutanese law, the paper must also be printed in the local language.

The redesigned Swiss free daily, .ch was relaunched Wednesday, October 22.  In addition to design changes, the paper has adopted a new layout.

Wednesday's issue was 36 pages in length and much more focused on entertainment news.  The first section of the paper is devoted to general news and current affairs, followed by local news and finally a sports section.

The Swiss free business daily CASHdaily relaunched today, October 21, under the new title CASH.  The paper has also been redesigned.

When the paper launched two years ago, the initial circulation was 75,000 copies.  As of today, daily circulation has increased to 98,000.

Another Swiss daily, ".ch" is also planning to relaunch with a new design and distribution system next week.

 Sources: Newspaper Innovation