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Nigeria: Independent radio/TV station for Efon-Alaaye soon
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 3 2008, 5.45pm
An independent radio and television station is to be established at Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State. A former board chairman of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Chief Biola Olasope, said in Lagos that the project had so far gulped N150 million. He told NAN that the project was being sponsored by an indigenous firm, “Ekiti-Sope Radio [...] (more)

Independent: Trinity and Johnston Press to merge?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 2 2008, 1.36pm
"Trinity Mirror and Johnston Press failed to draw any steam out of suggestions that they should merge yesterday as the London market, unsettled by fears for the economy, sank into the red," so say a piece in the Independent that canvased opinion of leading mergers and aquisitions bank ABN Amro about the nightmare that is advertising reveune in regional newspaper publishing. The bank stirred the pot by telling the Indy that given the problems faced by the media sector companies would increasingly look for industry consolidation. "These are desperate times, and they call for desperate measures: we believe a Trinity/Johnston combination makes sense," ABN said. (more)

ITV Worldwide boosts acquisitions fund for independent producers
From Media Guardian. Posted June 27 2008, 11.06am
ITV Worldwide has stepped up its drive to work with more independent producers - tripling its development and acquisition fund. By Tara Conlan (more)

Jimmy Leach joins Independent to lead web push
From Media Guardian. Posted June 24 2008, 10.57am
Jimmy Leach, the former head of the prime minister's digital PR operation, is to join the Independent as editorial director of the newspaper's online service. By Mark Sweney (more)

MediaGuardian: Independent hires Jimmy Leach to lead online development
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 24 2008, 9.57am
The Independent has appointed Jimmy Leach, former head of the Downing Street's digital PR , as its new editorial director for online. (more)

Independent on Sunday cuts cover price to £1
From Media Guardian. Posted June 23 2008, 12.11pm
The Independent on Sunday has cut its cover price from £1.80 to just £1 following a rolling campaign of regional discounts since February. By Stephen Brook (more)

Maldives Media Association, MPs call for independent Broadcast Commission
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 16 2008, 4.31pm
The Maldives  government’s flagship Broadcasting Bill, which has proceeded to committee stage following a unanimous parliamentary vote last Tuesday, looks set to undergo drastic changes after MPs and the Maldives Media Association (MMA) called for greater independence for the new body to regulate private broadcasters. Read the report from Minivan News Bookmark to: (more)

Independent News and Media is no ‘digital ostrich’ says O’Reilly
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 13 2008, 4.31pm
Gavin O'Reilly, chief operating officer of Indepenent News and Media (INM) and president of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), has responded to criticism of the publisher's digital strategy by media commentator Roy Greenslade. INM has adopted a 'platform agnostic' policy for growing its media, O'Reilly wrote in a comment responding to Greenslade, and is not [...] (more)

Tennis player sues Daily Mail, Evening Standard and Independent on Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted June 11 2008, 8.48am
A British tennis player has started libel proceedings against three media organisations after he was called the world's worst professional in his sport. By Ben Dowell (more)

Independent hires Daily Mail's Nicole Mowbray
From Media Guardian. Posted June 10 2008, 1.06pm
Daily Mail commissioning editor Nicole Mowbray is joining the Independent as features editor. By Ben Dowell (more)

Fast-growing independent newspaper group announces latest launch plans
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 10 2008, 8.40am
Latest addition to Forth Independent Newspapers' portolio to hit the streets next week (more)

Independent: Internet opens up journalists and candidates in US presidential campaign
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 9 2008, 10.13am
Blogging, online video and social networks have changed the face of reporting the latest US presidential campaign. Candidates and reporting processes are given the 360 degrees treatment, as 'citizen journalists', political websites and blogs dig deeper into the campaign trail. (more)

Aberdeen Independent Closed Down
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 6 2008, 7.54am
Yesterday ought to have seen copies of a free, weekly newspaper drop through the letterboxes of households in Aberdeen. But the 12 year-old Aberdeen Independent has been closed down, with the loss of 29 jobs, four of them editorial. It follows a decision by owner, Keith Barwell, to put the... (more)

Gallery: Independent 'viewspaper' front pages
From Media Guardian. Posted June 5 2008, 11.49am
A collection of 'viewspaper' front pages from the Independent. Outgoing editor Simon Kelner has said it is time for a rethink of the opinion-based splashes (more)

Independent 'viewspaper' front pages
From Media Guardian. Posted June 5 2008, 11.49am
A collection of 'viewspaper' front pages from the Independent. Outgoing editor Simon Kelner has said it is time for a rethink of the opinion-based splashes (more)

Outgoinig editor Simon Kelner says it's time to rethink Independent's 'viewspaper' front pages
From Media Guardian. Posted June 5 2008, 8.55am
The Independent's distinctive 'viewspaper' front pages need reinvention because they are sometimes 'boring', Simon Kelner has admitted. By Stephen Brook in Gothenburg (more)

Final edition of Independent newspaper rolls off presses
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 2 2008, 6.20am
Aberdeen weekly still up for sale as management continue to hunt buyer (more)

Aberdeen and District Independent closes after 12 years
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 11.17am
The gloomy economic outlook has been partly blamed for the closure of regional newspaper the Aberdeen and District Independent. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Independent News & Media invests £3.8m in PT Abdi Bangsa
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 11.02am
Independent News & Media has put £3.8m into Indonesian media company PT Abdi Bangsa, publisher of daily newspaper Republika. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Abderdeen Independent loses fight for survival
From Press Gazette. Posted May 30 2008, 12.00am
The Aberdeen Independent yesterday printed its last edition as staff and readers were told the newspaper has gone out of business after failing to find a buyer, ending 12 years of publishing. (more)

Aberdeen Independent loses fight for survival
From Press Gazette. Posted May 30 2008, 12.00am
The Aberdeen Independent yesterday printed its last edition as staff and readers were told the newspaper has gone out of business after failing to find a buyer, ending 12 years of publishing. (more)

Investors on alert as rival camps tussle over best way to run Independent
From Media Guardian. Posted May 23 2008, 6.36am
Denis O'Brien wants the size of the Independent News & Media board cut by half. By Richard Wray (more)

Independent News and Media calls UK operation 'challenging'
From Press Gazette. Posted May 12 2008, 12.00am
Independent News & Media has said "significant headcount reductions" and a "highly successful restructuring" helped its UK division boost its profits last year. (more)

Union accuses O'Reilly in war of Independents
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2008, 11.42pm
The NUJ criticises Sir Anthony O'Reilly's handling of the Independent News & Media group at an investment conference. By John Plunkett (more)

Britain's biggest independent news agency expands
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2008, 12.00am
Britain's biggest independent press agency, the South West News Service (SWNS), has taken over Mason's News in Cambridge. (more)

Carlos Slim buys stake in Independent owner
From Daily Telegraph. Posted May 5 2008, 12.01am
One of the world's richest men has taken a stake in the owner of The Independent in a move that is likely to further complicate the newspaper group's uncertain future. (more)

Slim stake offers O'Reilly a powerful ally in war of Independents
From Media Guardian. Posted May 4 2008, 11.09pm
Mexican billionaire is to buy a stake in the Independent's parent company sparking takeover bid speculation (more)

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim builds stake in The Independent
From The Times. Posted May 4 2008, 12.00am
Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms billionaire and world’s second-richest man, has waded into the battle for control of The Independent by taking a stake in the newspaper’s parent company. (more)

Abderdeen Independent 'will close' without new owner
From Press Gazette. Posted April 30 2008, 12.00am
The Aberdeen Independent is appealing for a new owner to save it from going bust as the paper’s management warns that the 12-year-old title could go out of business within a month. (more)

Aberdeen Independent 'will close' without new owner
From Press Gazette. Posted April 30 2008, 12.00am
The Aberdeen Independent is appealing for a new owner to save it from going bust as the paper’s management warns that the 12-year-old title could go out of business within a month. (more)

GMG goes independent
From Radio Today. Posted April 29 2008, 10.53am
GMG Radio has announced the first of its programmes since launching a £1m fund to commission independent productions for the group. Programmes to begin broadcasting in June include a six part documentary exploring the musical heritage along the route of the Mississippi river to an audio portrait of the realities of war in the 21st Century as told by serving soldiers in Afghanistan. (more)

Independent: Interview with the team behind Hachette Filipacchi’s latest acquisition Digital Spy
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 29 2008, 9.32am
HFUK's acquisition of entertainment and media news site Digital Spy - for an undisclosed but significant sum - was the result of months of 'nagging' from staff at fellow title Inside Soap. The publisher isn't looking to change the structure of the site, but will hope to capitalise on its huge fanbase and active forums, which count Alan Sugar as a member. (more)

Central Asian broadcasters call for more independent reporting
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 28 2008, 12.03pm
Journalists working for state broadcasters should write more stories that are relevant to the lives of ordinary citizens, a workshop on regional journalism was told on Friday. Gulnara Ibrayeva, Head of Apparatus for the National TV and Radio Corporation of Kyrgyzstan, was speaking at a roundtable on “Challenges Confronting Regional Journalists” held as part of [...] (more)

More awards for 'The Independent'
From The Independent. Posted April 26 2008, 12.00am
Independent columnist Johann Hari has won the Orwell Prize, given annually to the journalist who has best achieved Orwell's aim of making "political writing into an art". (more)

'Independent' writer wins Orwell award
From The Independent. Posted April 25 2008, 12.00am
The Independent columnist and reporter Johann Hari has won the Orwell Prize for political writing, the award's judges announced last night. The prize, inaugurated in 1993 and given annually to a journalist and to an author, aims to reward those who have come closest to achieving George Orwell's aim of making "political writing into an art". The judges called his work, "elegant and effective political analysis". (more)

Barclay Brothers' solicitor writes to the Independent's Stephen Glover over alleged editorial interference
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 2.28pm
Telegraph proprietors Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay have complained via their solicitor to media commentator Stephen Glover. By Stephen Brook (more)

Ex-Times deputy Ben Preston to join the Independent
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 1.00pm
Former Times deputy editor Ben Preston is set to join Roger Alton at the Independent. By Stephen Brook (more)

'Independent' writer honoured
From The Independent. Posted April 21 2008, 12.00am
*The Independent's Ireland Correspondent, David McKittrick, has been named journalist of the year and feature writer of the year in the Northern Ireland press and broadcast awards. (more)

Shortlist up for five Independent Publisher Awards
From Press Gazette. Posted April 18 2008, 12.00am
Free weekly men’s magazine Shortlist is leading the way with five nominations in this year's Independent Publisher Awards. (more)

Tajikistan: Government shuts down independent radio station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 16 2008, 3.34pm
Tajik authorites have taken the independent Imruz (Today) radio station off the air, citing “technical problems.” Since it began broadcasting last summer, Imruz had become the most popular FM station in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, and the surrounding area. Among the locals, Imruz was known as a “serious radio station.” It broadcast news and reports [...] (more)

Upward and onward for the Independent's revolutionary
From Media Guardian. Posted April 12 2008, 11.07pm
Stephen Brook finds Simon Kelner bullish as he prepares to vacate the editor's chair and become managing director of the hard-scrapping paper (more)

New editor for The Independent
From The Independent. Posted April 11 2008, 12.00am
Roger Alton, one of Britain's most successful newspaper editors, has been appointed editor of The Independent. He succeeds Simon Kelner, who will take over at the end of May as managing director and editor-in-chief of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday. (more)

Roger Alton appointed as Independent editor
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2008, 11.18pm
Hopes for Independent's revival as ex-Observer editor Roger Alton appointed editor (more)

New editor Roger Alton aims to make Independent 'indispensable'
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2008, 11.18am
The Independent will be neither a leftwing nor a rightwing paper under Roger Alton's stewardship, the incoming editor has said. By Stephen Brook (more)

Award-winning Observer editor to take helm at Independent
From The Independent. Posted April 10 2008, 8.47am
Simon Kelner, Editor-in-Chief of The Independent and Independent on Sunday for the past 10 years, has been appointed Managing Director and Editor-in Chief of the titles. (more)

Roger Alton confirmed as Independent editor
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2008, 8.02am
Roger Alton has been confirmed as the new editor of the Independent, replacing Simon Kelner, who steps up to become MD of the daily and the Independent on Sunday. By Jason Deans (more)

The Independent reshuffles top management
From Financial Times. Posted April 10 2008, 6.10am
Sir Anthony O'Reilly's flagship newpaper is to appoint Roger Alton, the former editor of The Observer, as its editor in an overhaul aimed at ending years of losses (more)

Reshuffle at The Independent aimed at ending era of losses
From Financial Times. Posted April 10 2008, 3.00am
Roger Alton, the former editor of The Observer, will today be named editor of The Independent in a management reshuffle aimed at ending years of losses at Sir Anthony... (more)

Roger Alton to edit Independent amid fears over paper group's debts
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 10 2008, 12.01am
Roger Alton is due to be named editor of The Independent as part of a management shake-up at the newspaper's publisher, Independent News & Media (INM). (more)

Roger Alton has been named as editor of The Independent
From Press Gazette. Posted April 10 2008, 12.00am
Former Observer editor Roger Alton has been appointed editor of The Independent. (more)

Roger Alton named editor of The Independent
From Press Gazette. Posted April 10 2008, 12.00am
Former Observer editor Roger Alton has been appointed editor of The Independent, replacing Simon Kelner who has been promoted to managing director. (more)

Roger Alton to take over from Simon Kelner at The Independent
From The Times. Posted April 9 2008, 7.50pm
Simon Kelner, the Editor of The Independent, is expected to be promoted to become managing director of the newspaper, creating a vacancy that will be filled by Roger Alton, the former editor of The Observer. (more)

Drop in advertising expected to hit Independent group
From Media Guardian. Posted April 8 2008, 5.18pm
Leading credit ratings agency lowers outlook on Independent News & Media, the newspaper publisher embroiled in a public row with billionaire shareholder Denis O'Brien (more)

Independent website listed for internet 'Oscar'
From The Independent. Posted April 8 2008, 4.20pm
The Independent website has been shortlisted for one of the online industry's top international honours, a Webby award. (more)

Oliver Wright hired as Independent's news editor
From Media Guardian. Posted March 28 2008, 2.49pm
The Independent's editor-in-chief, Simon Kelner, has poached Oliver Wright from the Times to be the news editor at the daily title. By Stephen Brook (more)

Profits up at Independent News & Media
From Media Guardian. Posted March 27 2008, 12.46pm
Losses at the Independent and the Independent on Sunday eased last year, parent company Independent News & Media has said. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

German court ruling stretches the limits of independent media
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 15 2008, 11.42am
Germany’s highest court has ruled a law banning political parties from owning shares in private broadcasting companies unconstitutional. DW-World.de spoke with media expert Jo Groebel, the director of the German Digital Institute in Berlin, about the court decision and the influence of politics on Germany’s media landscape. Read the interview by Kate Bowen Bookmark to: (more)

Democratic Voice of Burma under fire for independent stance
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 10 2008, 1.52pm
As the exiled Democratic Voice of Burma matures into a seasoned news organization, serving audiences in Burma and abroad, some exiled politicians criticized its “independence” last week, calling for more advocacy views and opinions representing political opposition groups. During a panel discussion on exiled media organized by the Democratic Voice of Burma in Bangkok last week, [...] (more)

O'Brien raises his stake in Independent owner
From Media Guardian. Posted March 7 2008, 12.04am
Denis O'Brien has raised his stake in Independent News & Media, the owner of the Independent and Independent on Sunday. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Strong showing by Independent in nominations for press awards
From The Independent. Posted March 6 2008, 12.00am
The Independent has received 12 nominations for the prestigious British Press Awards. (more)

BBG statement on closure of independent media in Armenia
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 5 2008, 5.21pm
The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has issued a startement strongly objecting to the blackout of independent media in Armenia. Under the state of emergency rules that went into effect on March 2, media were ordered to cite only official sources when covering national news, and the Voice of America’s (VOA) Armenian-language TV programme and [...] (more)

Alton to edit Independent
From Media Guardian. Posted March 4 2008, 11.15am
Former Observer editor Roger Alton is to replace Simon Kelner in the same role at the Independent. By Stephen Brook (more)

Alton in talks about Independent role
From Media Guardian. Posted March 4 2008, 11.15am
Former Observer editor Roger Alton is understood to be in talks to replace Simon Kelner in the same role at the Independent. By Stephen Brook (more)

Hanning becomes Independent on Sunday deputy editor
From Media Guardian. Posted February 27 2008, 5.24pm
James Hanning has been made deputy editor of the Independent on Sunday as part of a new lineup assembled by editor John Mullin. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Independent press agencies call for regulated payment of online material
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 26 2008, 12.00am
Agencies claim 'payment holiday' for online use of copy and images initiated to aid the growth of newspaper websites must end (more)

Independent Analyst Confirms Siemens? Power-over-Ethernet 802.11n Claims
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted February 25 2008, 11.00am
Farpoint Group Validates Siemens? 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet Capabilities; Wi-Fi Alliance Certifies Solution� Test results by Craig Mathias of Farpoint Group verify that the HiPath Wireless Access Points (APs) recently announced by Siemens Communications, Inc. deliver dual-radio, 3x3 MIMO 802.11n functionality while remaining compliant with the wattage limitations of industry-standard 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet (PoE). Farpoint Group confirmed this innovative capability in just-published results of comprehensive lab testing of the Siemens HiPath Wireless AP3620. Siemens also today announced that... (more)

Independently minded
From Press Gazette. Posted February 21 2008, 12.00am
You’re convinced your idea is the next big thing in magazine publishing, you’ve done the research and drawn up a killer business plan. Now to make it happen. Paul McNally asks independent publishers how to win over the money men, and the... (more)

Taking the plunge into independent publishing
From Press Gazette. Posted February 21 2008, 12.00am
You’re convinced your idea is the next big thing in magazine publishing, you’ve done the research and drawn up a killer business plan. Now to make it happen. Independent publishers explain how to win over the money men, and the business... (more)

Workshop proposes independent public broadcaster for Ghana
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 16 2008, 11.35am
Participants at a day’s workshop to accept proposals that would inform the drafting and passage of a National Broadcasting Law to regulate the industry in Ghana have advocated for an independent public service media devoid of overwhelmingly ‘negative’ control from the government. They argued that legislation of broadcasting, either public service, commercial or community-owned, should [...] (more)

Independent MD Grote retires
From Media Guardian. Posted February 4 2008, 2.04pm
Terry Grote, the managing director of the Independent and Independent on Sunday, is leaving to take early retirement. By Stephen Brook (more)

New Independent on Sunday editor says further integration ‘not on the agenda’
From Press Gazette. Posted February 4 2008, 12.00am
Incoming editor of the Independent on Sunday, John Mullin, said that further merging of departments with its daily sister was “not on the agenda”. (more)

Independent launches campaign to stop Afghan journalist's execution
From Press Gazette. Posted January 31 2008, 12.00am
The Independent has today launched a petition to save an Afghan student journalist sentenced to death for blasphemy. (more)

Independent web site in December dip, Comscore shows
From Press Gazette. Posted January 31 2008, 12.00am
In its last full month before relaunching last week, The Independent website had 264,000 fewer visitors than it did in the same month in 2006, according to new figures from comScore World Metrix. (more)

Independent columnist Miles Kington dies
From Press Gazette. Posted January 31 2008, 12.00am
Independent columnist Miles Kington has died after a short illness, aged 66. (more)

John Mullin appointed Independent on Sunday editor
From Media Guardian. Posted January 24 2008, 3.59pm
John Mullin has been appointed editor of the Independent on Sunday, succeeding Tristan Davies, who left the paper in December. By Stephen Brook (more)

John Mullin is named as new Independent on Sunday editor
From Press Gazette. Posted January 24 2008, 12.00am
The Independent on Sunday has appointed John Mullin as its new editor, two weeks after his predecessor Tristan Davies left the title. (more)

Independent unveils revamped website
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 23 2008, 12.00am
New site offers more content sections, video and audio    (more)

Independent 'mulling free edition'
From Media Guardian. Posted January 17 2008, 7.25am
The Independent is considering a free edition, according to rumours sweeping the media industry. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Mark Sweney (more)

Editor joins independent review of 30-year rule
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 16 2008, 12.00am
Paul Dacre to look at old edict, plus a new aquisition for Trinity Mirror and more news in briefs (more)

Independent on Sunday editor Tristan Davies moves on
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2008, 12.00am
Tristan Davies, the longest ever serving editor of the Independent on Sunday, has left the newspaper six months after its radical two-section redesign. (more)

?BBC staff rewrote Wikipedia pages to water down criticism? - The Independent
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 16 2007, 7.20pm
The Independent on Sunday claims that BBC staff repeatedly altered the Wikipedia Internet encyclopaedia to water down attacks on the corporation. The newspaper says that an investigation of “anonymous” edits on the site has revealed that the broadcaster’s staff rewrote parts of a page entitled “Criticism of the BBC” to defuse press attacks on “political correctness”. Also [...] (more)

BBC Trust publishes independent report on BBC spectrum use
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 13 2007, 12.45pm
The BBC Trust today published an independent report by Deloitte & Touche about the BBC’s use of spectrum. This report was commissioned by the Trust as part of its programme of value for money reviews into the BBC, following discussions with the National Audit Office. The BBC uses significant amounts of spectrum to transmit both analogue [...] (more)

Independent and Independent on Sunday business desks merge
From Media Guardian. Posted December 3 2007, 1.46pm
The Independent and Independent on Sunday business desks are merging into a seven-day operation run by the daily's business editor. By Stephen Brook (more)

Independent.co.uk to relaunch
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 29 2007, 12.00am
Revamp will be made public before Christmas    (more)

Kate Hughes joins the Independent
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 26 2007, 12.00am
Former FT employee becomes personal finance reporter    (more)

Accessibility 2.0: How user-friendly is the Independent to the blind and visually impaired?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 19 2007, 12.00am
In the first of eight reviews of national newspaper websites, Journalism.co.uk asked blind and visually impaired volunteers to assess the accessibility of Independent.co.uk    (more)

Student journalist of the year lands job with Independent
From Press Gazette. Posted November 16 2007, 12.00am
The winner of Press Gazette’s student journalist of the year award, Mark Hughes, has been snapped up by The Independent as the paper’s new northern correspondent. (more)

Independent was right to reprint government copy uncredited, says Simon Kelner
From Media Guardian. Posted October 19 2007, 1.00am
2.45pm: Simon Kelner today said he was 'completely unapologetic' that the Independent had reprinted a government briefing note almost word for word without a credit. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Rock 'could remain independent'
From BBC News. Posted October 7 2007, 10.59am
Northern Rock might be able to carry on as an independent bank, according to newspaper reports. (more)

Halo studio to go independent
From Financial Times. Posted October 6 2007, 3.00am
Microsoft announced yesterday that the developer of its record-breaking Halo 3 game was to become an independent company. Microsoft said its publishing... (more)

Independent cues up George Clooney as guest editor
From Media Guardian. Posted September 28 2007, 1.00am
8am: Film star George Clooney is being lined up to guest edit the Independent newspaper. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent on Sunday appoints business reporter
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 20 2007, 12.00am
Simon Evans joins the Independent on Sunday from City Am    (more)

Independent News chief cautious on advertising
From The Times. Posted September 19 2007, 12.00am
Gavin O’Reilly, chief operating officer of the group behind The Independent, has given warning against forecasting any newspaper advertising growth in the year’s second half, amid concern about effects of the credit squeeze. (more)

New feature writer for The Independent
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 14 2007, 12.00am
Esther Walker moves over from The Evening Standard    (more)

Singapore launches Independent tourism campaign
From Brand Republic. Posted August 31 2007, 2.45pm
LONDON - The Independent has teamed up with the Singapore Tourist Board to launch a six-week multi-media campaign promoting travel to the island state. (more)

Singapore launches tourism drive through The Independent
From Brand Republic. Posted August 31 2007, 10.15am
LONDON - The Singapore Tourism Board is launching a six-week, multimedia campaign in The Independent this weekend, to shift the perception of Singapore as solely a stopover location, into a holiday hot spot. (more)

From the Independent archive: How did we feel 10 years ago? Dispatches on the death of a princess
From The Independent. Posted August 31 2007, 12.30am
While there are those who argue that we all went mad for a week in September, that the death of a rather silly, self-obsessed women was blown out of all proportion, that her passing meant no more or less than the death of any other individual, that nothing has really changed, the event that will keep 1997 in our memories for years to come was, of course, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. (more)

Independent news group to launch new magazine
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 13 2007, 12.00am
Success of double weekly launch leads to expansion of local news group portfolio (more)

Independent on Sunday revival proves short-lived
From Media Guardian. Posted August 10 2007, 1.00am
July ABCs: The Independent on Sunday's post-relaunch circulation boost appeared to run out of steam in July. By Stephen Brook. (more)

The Independent hires night reporter
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 8 2007, 3.28pm
BBC television producer leaves TV for the newspaper world   (more)

Brown says Britain to fund independent Farsi TV channel
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 26 2007, 9.42am
Yesterday’s statemement by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on strengthening the UK’s anti-terrorism measures also contained a brief statement on the media. Without going into detail, the Prime Minister announced funding for the BBC’s forthcoming Arabic TV channel. Previously the BBC had been told that it would have to fund the operation from its existing [...] (more)

Independent latest to move to full-colour
From Press Gazette. Posted July 25 2007, 12.00am
The Independent today became the latest national title to commit to full-colour printing. (more)

Independent pays sum to Standard couple
From Press Gazette. Posted July 19 2007, 12.00am
The Independent has paid an undisclosed sum to Evening Standard editor Veronica Wadley and her journalist husband Tom Bower after comparing the couple to fallen press baron Conrad Black and his wife Barbara Amiel.In... (more)

Dyke: ITV is doomed as an independent company
From Media Guardian. Posted July 13 2007, 1.00am
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has warned that ITV cannot survive as an independent company. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

June ABCs: Independent on Sunday relaunch pays off
From Media Guardian. Posted July 13 2007, 1.00am
ABCs: The Independent on Sunday celebrated its June relaunch with a 17% year-on-year sales rise. By Stephen Brook. (more)

June ABCs: 17 per cent sales boost for re-launched Independent on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted July 13 2007, 12.00am
The Independent on Sunday has cause for celebration in the first set of ABCs since it relaunched as a two-section Sunday paper – after increasing sales by 17 per cent year-on-year to 245,952. (more)

SNP still fighting for an independent Scottish broadcasting corporation
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 2 2007, 9.58am
The Scottish National Party (SNP) says it is  still fighting for an independent Scottish broadcasting corporation. Councillor James Dornan, SNP spokesperson on culture and sport for Glasgow City Council, says in a letter to The Scotsman that just last Thursday he put a motion to Glasgow City Council supporting the idea of both this and, as an [...] (more)

Expert Eye: The new look Independent on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted June 18 2007, 12.00am
If Mario Garcia, the ubiquitous American design guru, is the Pizza Express of newspaper design, then the Barcelona-based Cases i Associats is the Carluccio’s, propagating delicious, selfconscious and lovingly detailed work that is a joy... (more)

Voxpop: Will the Independent on Sunday's new look woo younger readers?
From Press Gazette. Posted June 11 2007, 12.00am
Voxpops by Catherine Airlie (more)

May ABCs: Independent on Sunday takes a tumble
From Media Guardian. Posted June 8 2007, 1.00am
May ABCs: The Independent on Sunday will be pinning hopes on its redesign after sales in May plunged towards 200,000. By Stephen Brook. (more)

News magazine look for relaunched Independent on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted May 31 2007, 12.00am
The Independent on Sunday is to relaunch this weekend, borrowing heavily from the news review/digest format of The Week (more)

Independent on Sunday slims to two sections
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2007, 1.00am
The Independent on Sunday's redesign will be as radical as its sister paper's switch to tabloid, editor Tristan Davies has promised. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent on Sunday shuns multi-section format
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2007, 1.00am
The Independent on Sunday's redesign will be as radical as its sister paper's switch to tabloid, editor Tristan Davies has promised. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent on Sunday launches slimline new look
From Media Guardian. Posted May 29 2007, 1.00am
The Independent on Sunday will launch its long-awaited redesign this week. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Internet Radio Update: A Break for Independent Webcasters?
From radio.about.com. Posted May 24 2007, 1.00am
According to a press release from SoundExchange: "SoundExchange today [5/22] offered to extend to small webcasters through 2010 the terms of prior legislation known as the Small Webcaster Settlement Act (SWSA)... (more)

NME to support independent shops
From Press Gazette. Posted May 17 2007, 4.42pm
IPC music weekly NME is launching a sales initiative that gives independent retailers the chance to stage a gig in their shop. (more)

OFT: ITV "no longer fully independent"
From Digital Spy. Posted April 27 2007, 4.24pm
Sky's stake in ITV means the broadcaster "is no longer fully independent," the Office of Fair Trading advises. (more)

Independent Internet Radio Faces Extinction from Proposed Royalty Rates
From radio.about.com. Posted April 23 2007, 1.00am
If you haven't yet heard, there's a new royalty rate looming for Internet radio station owners which might severely damage the state of streaming radio. According to mp3.com: "The new... (more)

Independent climbdown over subs' rota
From Media Guardian. Posted April 17 2007, 1.00am
2pm: The Independent has backed down on its refusal to negotiate on a planned five-day rota for subs. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Gorbachev calls for independent Russian TV
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 13 2007, 10.13am
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said yesterday he wanted to create an independent television channel to encourage democracy and press freedom, a news agency reported.  ”I think there is a problem with freedom of the press,” he said, according to Ria Novosti news agency. “The press’s attention has been diverted from important problems.” Speaking at a Russian-German forum [...] (more)

Independent producers face BBC Jam fallout
From Media Guardian. Posted April 3 2007, 1.00am
10.45am: Independent producers supplying content to axed online service BBC Jam face an uncertain 12 months. By Jemima Kiss. (more)

Independent threatened with strike action
From Media Guardian. Posted March 30 2007, 1.00am
12.45pm: The Independent's NUJ chapel has accused editor-in-chief Simon Kelner of torpedoing rota negotiations. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent journalist reports on Iranian troop capture from the Cornwall
From Press Gazette. Posted March 24 2007, 12.24pm
Independent reporter Terry Judd filed a story on the capture of British troops by Iranian forces from on board the HMS Cornwall near Iran yesterday. (more)

Independent Radio & Television Network (IRTN) of Iraq launches
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 22 2007, 1.33pm
A new radio and TV network launched in Iraq this week.  The Independent Radio & Television Network (IRTN) of Iraq say it exists as the independent and free voice of the people of Iraq. IRTN was founded on October 3, 2006.  Its radio broadcasts can be found on 99.3 FM and its television programming is on UHF Channel [...] (more)

BBC2 show to help independent shops
From Media Guardian. Posted March 22 2007, 12.00am
8am: BBC2 is to lend a hand to independent boutiques in a show starring retail expert Mary Portas. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Independent's online revenues soar
From Media Guardian. Posted March 21 2007, 12.00am
Online revenues at the Independent have grown 65% according to latest figures. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Independent could face strike
From Media Guardian. Posted March 16 2007, 12.00am
8am: NUJ members at the Independent are to discuss industrial action over voluntary redundancy plans. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent redundancies extended
From Media Guardian. Posted March 15 2007, 12.00am
8am: Up to 15 extra staff will be taking voluntary redundancy at the Independent titles. By Stephen Brook. (more)

The Independent makes move into Indian radio
From thenoise.co.uk. Posted March 14 2007, 9.24pm
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Up to 30 journalists' jobs to go at Independent News and Media
From Press Gazette. Posted March 13 2007, 5.57pm
A maximum of 30 journalists at the Independent and Independent on Sunday are to be made redundant. (more)

Simon Kelner allays Independent titles merger fears
From Media Guardian. Posted March 13 2007, 12.00am
6.30pm: The Independent and its sister Sunday title will not merge but will be 'more integrated', Simon Kelner has said. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent due to announce voluntary redundancies
From Media Guardian. Posted March 8 2007, 12.00am
1pm: The Independent and Independent on Sunday are set to announce which staff will get voluntary redundancy. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent shortlisted for BPA tabloid journalism prize
From Press Gazette. Posted March 6 2007, 2.26pm
The British Press Awards shortlists for the visual categories and the prize for outstanding tabloid journalism have been announced. (more)

US envoy says broadcasts by independent groups to North Korea should be supported
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 2 2007, 9.33am
Jay Lefkowitz, Special US Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea, yesterday appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment. He made a long statement to the Committee, which included the subject of international broadcasting: “Last year, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) provided increased resources to [...] (more)

Czech Foreign Ministry to support independent broadcasts to Belarus
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 19 2007, 12.48pm
The Czech Foreign Ministry has selected 17 projects aimed at the support of human rights and civil society in Belarus, Cuba, Iraq, Georgia, Myanmar, Serbia and Moldova. According to previous information, the Foreign Ministry this year allotted 20 million crowns for projects designed to support democracy. Among them, the international association Civil Belarus that support non-governmental [...] (more)

Sir James Crosby to be ITV's new senior independent director
From Media Guardian. Posted February 13 2007, 12.00am
12.30pm: ITV has appointed Sir James Crosby, the former chief executive of the bank HBOS, as its senior independent director. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Pay deal at Independent, but 20 jobs to go
From Press Gazette. Posted February 2 2007, 11.42am
12pm update: The Independent has announced that it will cut 20 jobs and has agreed a 3.5 per cent pay increase for all staff. (more)

Independent papers to lose 20 jobs
From Media Guardian. Posted February 2 2007, 12.00am
12pm update: Independent News & Media wants 20 voluntary redundancies at the Independent newspapers and is to award staff a 3.5% rise. John Mullin is to become deputy editor at the Independent on Sunday. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Simon Kelner on why the Independent is cutting 20 jobs
From Media Guardian. Posted February 2 2007, 12.00am
3.15pm: The Independent needs to restructure because its journalistic operations were designed 20 years ago, says editor-in-chief Simon Kelner. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent on Sunday's deputy editor steps down
From Media Guardian. Posted January 31 2007, 12.00am
5pm: The Independent on Sunday's deputy editor, Michael Williams, has taken voluntary redundancy. By Stephen Brook. (more)

AdLink regains the Independent's online advertising account
From Media Guardian. Posted January 30 2007, 12.00am
2pm: AdLink has beaten competition from Ad 2-one and eType to win back the Independent's online advertising account. By Jemima Kiss. (more)

Zimbabwe confiscates more radios to block independent broadcasts
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 23 2007, 2.13pm
At least 42 radios have been confiscated by state security agents in rural areas of Zimbabwe, reports SW Radio Africa. Several teachers are said to have fled schools while others have been sent on forced leave as a result of intimidation and harassment in the Midlands and Mashonaland East areas. The radios were distributed to [...] (more)

Call for voluntary redundancies at Independent
From Media Guardian. Posted January 18 2007, 12.00am
5pm: The Independent is calling for a round of voluntary redundancies while offering staff a 2% across-the-board pay rise. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Somali government shuts down independent radio station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 11 2007, 1.01pm
Somali government soldiers yesterday stormed the building housing an independent radio station located in the southwestern town of Baidoa where the interim government was until recently based. The order to shutdown Radio Warsan came from Mohamed Hashi Gabow, the government-appointed police commander for Bay region where Baidoa is located, according Garowe Online sources.  Radio Warsan is an FM-based [...] (more)

741,000 - The Independent's biggest readership for nine years
From The Independent. Posted December 14 2006, 12.00am
has bucked market trends by registering a substantial rise in its readership figures. Daily readership for the paper over the past year has increased by 10.3 per cent on the same period last year, according to figures just released by the National Readership Survey. (more)

Profits soar at Welsh independent TV producer Tinopolis
From Media Guardian. Posted December 12 2006, 12.00am
1.15pm: Welsh independent producer Tinopolis increased its profits by more than half over the past year. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Independent and Independent on Sunday to merge features writers
From Media Guardian. Posted November 8 2006, 12.00am
5.15pm update: The Independent and its Sunday stablemate are continuing their cost cutting by merging their features writers. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Independent and Independent on Sunday to merge features departments
From Media Guardian. Posted November 8 2006, 12.00am
2.30pm: The Independent and its Sunday stablemate are continuing their cost cutting by merging features departments. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Hungary: Conference hears calls for independent public service broadcaster
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 4 2006, 10.56am
“Hungary and the Hungarian people need an independent public service broadcaster. MTV can be that broadcaster,” Zoltan Rudi, President of MTV said today at a conference entitled, “From Secret Service to Public Service”. The conference was organised jointly by the Eurpean Broadcasting Union 9EBU) and MTV, with the support of Central European University and Antenna Hungaria, [...] (more)

UK Ministry of Defence in dispute with Independent Television News
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 24 2006, 2.50pm
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has withdrawn facilities for reporters working for Independent Television News (ITN) to be attached to troops in conflict zones as it resolves a dispute over reports on the treatment of injured soldiers when they return home. The Ministry was due to send a letter to ITN today to address the matter, an [...] (more)

The Independent newspaper relocates finance work to Ireland
From Media Guardian. Posted October 23 2006, 1.00am
12.45pm: The Independent newspaper today relocated some of its finance functions to Ireland, the start of a process that could also see production jobs move overseas. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Pyongyang threatens independent radio stations run by North Korean exiles
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 18 2006, 9.27am
Reporters Without Borders has condemned threats by North Korea’s officials against the independent radio stations based in South Korea or the United States that broadcast programmes for the North Korean population. “It is unacceptable that a regime that allows no free expression should adopt a threatening tone with media that are trying to open a breach in [...] (more)

USA to help Poland set up ?independent? Belarusian TV station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 10 2006, 11.01am
Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP Warsaw, 10 October: US Agency for International Development and the International Republican Institute will help Poland set up an independent Belarusian television. The independent channel is to start broadcasting programmes in spring next year, Zycie Warszawy daily writes on Tuesday [10 October]. Prime minister’s adviser for Polonia [...] (more)

20 Years of 'The Independent'
From The Independent. Posted October 8 2006, 12.00am
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The Independent: Reflections on the last 20 years
From The Independent. Posted October 6 2006, 12.00am
Monday 6 October 1986. I don't remember what the weather was like, or how bad the traffic was as I drove to work. I can't recall what I had for lunch, or whether I even had any. But I can still re-live the sense of nervous elation we had on that morning 20 years ago today, a feeling bordering on incredulity that we were about to produce Britain's first new quality national newspaper for - so our car stickers claimed - 131 years. (more)

Independent and Observer record readership boosts
From Brand Republic. Posted September 18 2006, 9.09am
LONDON - All national dailies have seen a decline in readership over the past six months, with the exception of The Independent, according to the latest figures from the National Readership Survey. (more)

Independent goes Red with Armani as guest designer
From Brand Republic. Posted September 13 2006, 11.09am
LONDON - The Independent is extending its involvement with the Product Red initiative by inviting Giorgio Armani to guest design the September 21 edition of the newspaper. (more)

Independent paper franchise to help launch new titles
From Press Gazette. Posted August 24 2006, 12.00am
Danny Lockwood is franchising his his company, News Post, which he believes could spawn independent papers across the country. (more)

Art and war help The Independent win back readers
From Brand Republic. Posted August 11 2006, 12.08pm
LONDON - The Independent's art poster giveaway and its coverage of Lebanon brought readers back in July, helping the daily to increase its circulation by 3.77% in June to 250,761 and recoup some of the copies it lost between May and June, according to the latest newspaper ABC figures. (more)

Niger threatens to revoke some independent FM licences
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 11 2006, 11.51am
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) reports that on 4 August 2006, the government of Niger threatened to revoke the licences of some independent FM radio stations for what it described as “inciting civil war in the country.” Prime Minister Hama Amadou, who issued the threat at a press conference in Niamey, failed to disclose the [...] (more)

Office of the Independent Adjudicator (CRR) appoints Richard Baker as Deputy
From Ofcom. Posted August 1 2006, 10.23am
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'Website must come second’ says Independent's Kelner
From Press Gazette. Posted July 20 2006, 12.00am
Independent editor Simon Kelner has spoken out against the practice, pioneered by The Guardian, of newspapers publishing stories first on the web, (more)

Independent on Sunday pays damages after photo error
From Press Gazette. Posted July 20 2006, 12.00am
The Independent on Sunday has been forced to pay libel damages and issue an apology following a picture caption error. (more)

BBC Governors publish independent value for money studies
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted July 7 2006, 1.00pm
The BBC Governors have today laid before Parliament two independent studies by the National Audit Office NAO The BBCs definition of overheads and BBC Outsourcing The contract between the BBC and Siemens Business Services for the provision of technology services. (more)

Judge wins libel case against The Independent
From Press Gazette. Posted July 5 2006, 11.38am
A senior military judge today accepted a public apology and substantial but undisclosed libel damages at London’s High Court over an article in the Independent in April this year headlined “Justice never had a hearing in this case.” (more)

Independent News & Media unveils ad revenue growth
From Brand Republic. Posted June 27 2006, 8.06am
LONDON - Advertising revenue at Independent News & Media has risen 3% year on year in the first half of 2006, the publishing company has revealed in a trading update. (more)

Self-proclaimed independent state of Sealand in ruins after blaze
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 24 2006, 11.42am
The former wartime fortress known as Sealand, once home to offshore station Radio Essex and now a self-proclaimed independent state, is in ruins following a fire yesterday that forced the evacuation of the fort. The “Principality of Sealand’ lies six miles off the British coast between Felixstowe and Harwich. The fire started in a generator, and spread to [...] (more)

BBC Management's Response to Independent Panel Report: Impartiality of the BBC's Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - statement by the Board of Governors
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted June 19 2006, 12.10pm
The Board of Governors has today published BBC Managements response to the Independent Panel report on the BBCs coverage of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. (more)

BBC Management's Response to Independent Panel Report: Impartiality of the BBC's Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted June 19 2006, 12.10pm
The Board of Governors has today published BBC Managements response to the Independent Panel report on the BBCs coverage of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. (more)

Independent weekly launches new title
From Press Gazette. Posted June 8 2006, 4.33pm
Independent local weekly the Teesdale Mercury is to launch a sister title creating six jobs, two of which will be journalists. (more)

Independent boss calls on Putin ease Russian press freedom
From Press Gazette. Posted June 5 2006, 11.23am
Independent News and Media chief operating officer Gavin O’Reilly has personally urged Russian president Vladimir Putin to ease up on his country’s press. Speaking as World Association of Newspapers president, O’Reilly told Putin that his legacy would be judged "as much by the fate of the media - perhaps more - than by any other measure." O’Reilly addressed Putin at the opening of the World Newspaper Congress in Moscow. O’Reilly said: “All available evidence demonstrates that a strong, free and independent press is a fundamental precondition for truly sustainable economic, social and political prosperity. "Whilst once only the mantra of groups like WAN, this argument has now been accepted, embraced and adopted by governments and inter-governmental organisations world-wide. The World Bank President put it succinctly in a recent speech,