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Sun pushes 30p cover price with TV campaign
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 4.28pm
The Sun is launching a TV ad campaign to promote its weekday 30p price, with a TV ad set to an upbeat version of Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Video: Watch the Sun's 30p promo ad
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 4.28pm
The Sun is launching a campaign to promote its national weekday cover price of 30p with a TV ad set to an upbeat version of Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough (more)

Sunday Telegraph appoints the Daily Mail's Tim Jotischky as deputy editor
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 4.14pm
The Sunday Telegraph has recruited Daily Mail head of sport Tim Jotischky as its new deputy editor. By Oliver Luft (more)

September ABCs: Scottish Sun edges further ahead of Daily Record
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 3.28pm
The Scottish Sun marginally stretched its lead over the Daily Record as the nation's leading daily paper, as Sunday Scottish titles suffered large falls. By Oliver Luft (more)

ABCs: National Sunday newspaper circulation September 2008
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 2.28pm
National Sunday newspapers' ABC circulation figures for September 2008 (more)

September ABCs: Independent on Sunday drops to new low
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 2.11pm
The Independent on Sunday dropped to its lowest circulation for the second month running in September, with all quality Sundays recording year-on-year falls. By Oliver Luft (more)

September ABCs: Daily Star Sunday plummets again in year-on-year figures
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 12.54pm
September ABCs: The Daily Star Sunday recorded a second horror month of sales decline posting a 21% year-on-year circulation fall to an average of 382,251 each week. By Mark Sweney (more)

Read furious email from senior staff member to Sunday Express editorial department
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2008, 6.21am
Subs and writers on the Sunday Express were sent a strongly-worded email from a senior staff member pointing out mistakes in an edition of the paper (more)

September ABCs: Every Sunday paper down year on year
From Press Gazette. Posted October 10 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Star Sunday was the worst casualty last month in a national Sunday newspaper market that recorded year-on-year circulations across the board. (more)

September ABCs: Record gains ground on Scottish Sun
From Press Gazette. Posted October 10 2008, 12.00am
The Sun's decision to stop discounting its Scottish edition has helped the Daily Record narrow the sales gap between the two archrivals. (more)

Tim Jotischky joins Sunday Telegraph as deputy editor
From Press Gazette. Posted October 10 2008, 12.00am
Telegraph Media Group has poached Daily Mail head of sport Tim Jotischky to become deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph. (more)

Regional Sunday paper chalks up two hundred years
From Hold the Front Page. Posted October 9 2008, 5.30am
We survived Napoleon, we'll survive the downturn says Sir Ray (more)

Press Gazette: Sun falls prey to Mugabe house hoax
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 8 2008, 2.56pm
The Sun has taken down an article from its website about a palace it claimed belonged to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe - it has emerged that the photograph showed an American house used in the film Beethoven's 4th. (more)

NYTimes.com: Another empty desk in Albany after the demise of The New York Sun
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 8 2008, 12.00pm
Desk space used to be a precious commodity inside the cramped press quarters at the State Capitol building in Albany. Not so much anymore - another desk was freed when The New York Sun ceased publishing last week, the fifth newspaper to exit Albany in less than two years. (more)

The Sun falls victim to Robert Mugabe palace hoax
From Press Gazette. Posted October 8 2008, 12.00am
The Sun has removed an article from its website about a palace it claimed belonged to Zimbabwean predient Robert Mugabe - after it emerged that the picture used in the piece was of an American house used in the film Beethoven's 4th. (more)

Tindle stays confident as Sunday Independent turns 200
From Press Gazette. Posted October 8 2008, 12.00am
As the West Country's Sunday Independent newspaper celebrated 200 years in print, owner Sir Ray Tindle said he believed local newspapers will continue to grow despite the current economic climate. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Sun's investigative exclusive forces Starbucks to back down
From Media Guardian. Posted October 7 2008, 1.38pm
The Sun pulled off a genuine investigative scoop yesterday that must surely win it an award. The great drain robbery revealed that the coffee chain Starbucks is wasting colossal quantities of water every day by keeping taps running in its outlets (more)

Huge audience for 'Potter' on Sunday
From Digital Spy. Posted October 6 2008, 11.21am
ITV1 enjoys a strong Sunday performance thanks to The X Factor and a Harry Potter movie. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Iran has its own Sun newspaper
From Media Guardian. Posted October 6 2008, 9.07am
A new national daily paper has been launched in Iran, entitled Khorshid (The Sun). Published by an aide to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it vaguely resembles its mass-circulation British namesake. It is in full colour and the first issue carried several pictures from Friday's Tehran derby football match. It also ran stories about pollution in major cities and laws affecting children along with coverage of TV soap operas. (Via AFP) (more)

Jodie Marsh ex seeks £100k from Sunday Mirror over 'perfect boobs' story
From Press Gazette. Posted October 2 2008, 12.00am
Matthew Peacock, estranged husband of glamour model Jodie Marsh, has launched a legal battle for libel damages of £100,000 from the Sunday Mirror. (more)

Roy Greenslade: New York Sun closes after six years
From Media Guardian. Posted September 30 2008, 9.42am
The New York Sun is, as predicted last week, shutting down. It published its last issue yesterday after running out of money. The right-leaning paper was launched six years ago under editor Seth Lipsky. (Via New York Times) (more)

Nicholas Lezard's Independent on Sunday radio column axed
From Media Guardian. Posted September 29 2008, 3.30pm
The Independent on Sunday is scrapping Nicholas Lezard's radio column, apparently because of a lack of funds. By Ben Dowell (more)

Independent: Greenslade has ’sunk low’ in Evening Standard column
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 29 2008, 12.30pm
Stephen Glover criticises Professor Roy Greenslade's London Evening Standard column about the Independent's revamp. (more)

Independent: Greenslade has sunk ‘low’ in Evening Standard column
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 29 2008, 12.30pm
Stephen Glover criticises Professor Roy Greenslade's London Evening Standard column about the Independent's revamp. (more)

Extra 'X Factor' tops Sunday ratings
From Digital Spy. Posted September 29 2008, 10.38am
The X Factor regains the lead over Strictly Come Dancing in the ratings. (more)

Third man charged with killing of campaigning Sunday World journalist
From Press Gazette. Posted September 24 2008, 12.00am
A 40-year-old man was today charged with the murder of a campaigning Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan (more)

Media In Canada: Sun Media rolls out 32 newspaper e-editions
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 23 2008, 2.47pm
Full e-edition of the titles will initially be available free of charge from the Canadian publisher, but will later move to a subscription access model. As part of the launch readers will also be able to sign up for daily email news alerts and access the editions through mobile devices. (more)

Sunday 'Strictly' bags 8.4m
From Digital Spy. Posted September 22 2008, 4.59pm
Around 8.4m tune in to see Phil Daniels ditched from the dancefloor on Strictly Come Dancing. (more)

See the Sun's giant poster gaffe
From Media Guardian. Posted September 22 2008, 4.20pm
Dear Deidre with an extra 'r'. Now that's value. (more)

NYTimes.com: The future of The New York Sun
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 22 2008, 1.55pm
The Sun is at a 'crossroads', facing a self-imposed deadline at a time when the newspaper industry itself is suffering from loss of advertising and circulation revenues. (more)

Sun pushes 30p cover price with poster campaign
From Media Guardian. Posted September 22 2008, 1.00pm
The Sun is set to blanket the country with posters featuring the slogan 'All for just 30p' to highlight its reduced cover price. By Mark Sweney (more)

See the Sun's giant till receipt poster
From Media Guardian. Posted September 22 2008, 12.57pm
Billboards across the country will feature a giant receipt highlighting the Sun's 'breadth of content' and 30p cover price (more)

Comment is Free: Sunny Hundal on Labour’s blogging future
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 22 2008, 11.51am
Sunny Hundal looks at Labour blogging. The party hierarchy resists it, he says, but Labour will only revive by giving control to the grassroots, and that means blogging. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Fate of New York Sun in balance
From Media Guardian. Posted September 22 2008, 8.53am
Will the New York Sun survive? Earlier this month the paper's president and editor, Seth Lipsky, revealed that the five-day-a-week paper would not be published beyond the end of September unless it raised new financial backing. So far, Lipsky hasn't raised enough and now says the paper is at "a crossroads." After six years' publication, its paid-for sale is just 14,000 copies, and it gives away a further 66,000. (Via New York Times) (more)

The Sun splashes out on 30p cover price ad campaign
From Press Gazette. Posted September 22 2008, 12.00am
The Sun is spending £1.25m on a campaign launched today emphasising the paper’s value for money in a bid to boost sales after its cove rprice moved to 30p across the country. (more)

John Lewis trades on the sunny side of the high street
From The Times. Posted September 19 2008, 11.10pm
The John Lewis Partnership provided further evidence that it may not be so gloomy on the high street yesterday by reporting excellent trading since the start of the month. (more)

The Sun finally shines in Manchester with panel at Labour Party conference
From Media Guardian. Posted September 19 2008, 2.04pm
The Sun is moving into the traditional territory of the Daily Mirror by hosting its first fringe event at a Labour Party conference. (more)

Sunrise Radio begins DJ names registering
From Biz Asia. Posted September 17 2008, 10.46pm
In an unusual move, the UK's popular Sunrise Radio has gone on and registered over ten DJ names to prevent other stations using the same. The decision to trademark fifteen of its popular DJ names may have been taken as some have become synonymous to the station and somewhat a brand of their own. Amongst the names that have been submitted for registration are Ameet Roshan, Amar Grewal, Jaz Sidhu, Raj Shukla, Suzi Mann, Reena Kapoor, Sonia Dutta, Sandy Khanna, Asif Choudary, Sunny Landa, Deepa Rai, Rani Gill, Ruby Raza, Shama Sood and Sheena Khan. Recently, BizAsia.co.uk reported how the "real" Suzi Mann was removed from her 'Bollywood Top 20' show and replaced with a "new" Suzi Mann. We hear, the second Suzi Mann has been given her marching orders too and it remains to be seen whether a third Suzi Mann will take over the show on Saturday or another alias. Sunrise Radio is known for giving new names to its presenters. In the past, Anushka formerly of Club Asia was given a new identity as Deepa Rai. Moreover, when the real Sonia Dutta left the station a few years ago, Sunrise retained her name and handed the duty of "Sonia Dutta" to another DJ. Similarly we’ve lost count of the varied ‘Bossman’s’ and ‘Paul Shah’s’ that have stepped foot at their studios. What is your view on this? Is the name really that much of a big deal? Do you think Sunrise Radio is deceiving its listeners by making him/her believe the DJ still exists just because the name “lives on” even after the original presenter has quit or been fired? Discuss on our Facebook page here. Related link: Biz Bitch - Weekly Column (more)

Sunday Times appoints News Review editor
From Media Guardian. Posted September 17 2008, 3.11pm
Susannah Herbert, the Sunday Times literary editor, is to edit the paper's News Review section. By Ben Dowell (more)

Hollinshead Remit Extended from Record and Sunday Mail
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted September 16 2008, 8.13am
The managing director of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers has had his remit extended to include sister titles, the Daily Mirror and The People. Mark Hollinshead has been appointed managing director of publishers, Trinity Mirror’s ‘UK National’... (more)

Pot Noodle and the Sun cook up 'Wool Boy' web ad
From Media Guardian. Posted September 15 2008, 12.18pm
Pot Noodle has linked up with the Sun to launch a fake TV news report about a boy who begins to resemble a sheep after eating too much of its lamb hotpot flavour. By Mark Sweney (more)

Media Monkey: Opera lovely finds her place in the Sun
From Media Guardian. Posted September 12 2008, 2.56pm
Media Monkey: Sun readers who took advantage of the paper's opera tickets offer will have had a surprise this morning (more)

Sunder Katwala: Shame on Setanta
From Media Guardian. Posted September 9 2008, 4.00pm
Sunder Katwala: There's no excuse for blocking highlights of World Cup qualifiers. Plenty of fans can't afford to take out yet another subscription (more)

Sunshine Radio warned over lack of local news
From Paul McNally. Posted September 8 2008, 6.19pm
Sunshine 855 on the border of England and Wales has been issued with a “yellow card” warning by Ofcom, after it was found to be failing to meet its local news requirements. The station, which broadcasts to parts of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire and is owned by Laser Broadcasting, has been reminded by the regulator [...] (more)

EC to investigate Sunday Times allegations
From Media Guardian. Posted September 8 2008, 3.58pm
The EC is to investigate allegations made by the Sunday Times that a senior EU official provided reporters posing as lobbyists with secret information. By Oliver Luft (more)

ABCs: National Sunday newspaper circulation August 2008
From Media Guardian. Posted September 8 2008, 3.03pm
Circulation figures for UK national Sunday newspapers for August 2008 (more)

Sunrise TV claims lead in Asian TV ratings
From Biz Asia. Posted September 6 2008, 7.05pm
The Lit Corporation's Sunrise TV has claimed it has outdone its rivals by grabbing a huge share in the highly saturated UK Asian TV market. (more)

Scottish Sun extends lead
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 3.45pm
The Scottish Sun stretched its lead over the Daily Record in August, extending its sales advantage as Scotland's newspaper market leader to just over 28,000 copies. By Oliver Luft (more)

August ABCs: Independent on Sunday hits all-time sales low
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 3.39pm
The Independent on Sunday fell to its lowest ever monthly circulation figure in August as the rest of the quality Sunday market also recorded year on year falls. By Oliver Luft (more)

August ABCs: Daily Star Sunday sales plummet
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 1.07pm
The Daily Star Sunday's circulation fell off a cliff in August, dropping nearly 25% year on year. By Stephen Brook (more)

August ABCs: Sun sales down after six months of year-on-year increases
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 12.44pm
The Sun's six months of year-on-year circulation rises came to an end in August, while both of Richard Desmond's dailies experienced steep declines. By Stephen Brook (more)

August ABCs: National Sunday newspaper circulation figures
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 12.27pm
Audit Bureau of Circulations sales figures for national Sunday newspapers for August (more)

Sunday Telegraph: Joan Collins joins for full-colour revamp
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 10.09am
The Sunday Telegraph will relaunch in full colour this weekend with a new section and columnist, Joan Collins By Stephen Brook, press correspondent (more)

Is the Sun about to set?
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2008, 9.20am
Time is running out for the New York Sun, the bastion of conservatism on the Big Apple's media scene which was co-founded by the crooked peer Conrad Black in 2002. By Andrew Clark in New York (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail to be Hit by 'Work to Rule'
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted September 5 2008, 8.30am
Journalists at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail are, from next Friday, to work only what is required of them by contract - ignoring any pleas to work through their breaks, or put in extra hours, because of any under-staffing. It follows a mass meeting of National Union of Journalists members,... (more)

West Ham star Bellamy sues Sun over assault story
From Press Gazette. Posted September 5 2008, 12.00am
Footballer Craig Bellamy is seeking unlimited libel damages from The Sun. (more)

Full colour and new section for new look Sunday Telegraph
From Press Gazette. Posted September 5 2008, 12.00am
Following on from the dramatic full-colour redesign of the Daily Telegraph this week, The Sunday Telegraph unveils its first full colour edition this Sunday. (more)

Sunday Times to unveil new-look Culture section this weekend
From Media Guardian. Posted September 4 2008, 3.42pm
The Sunday Times will this weekend unveil its new-look Culture section and launch an arts and entertainments rewards programme. By Oliver Luft (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail Facing Industrial Action
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted September 4 2008, 8.03am
A mass meeting of members of the National Union of Journalists is today deciding what form of industrial action to take against the Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers. It follows a vote taken a fortnight ago among NUJ members at the titles and the breakdown of talks yesterday between... (more)

Minogue boyfriend Martinez sues Sun for libel
From Press Gazette. Posted September 4 2008, 12.00am
Kylie Minogue’s former boyfriend Olivier Martinez has launched a legal battle for libel damages from The Sun.Martinez is demanding damages of up to £150,000 over a story headed “Kylie ‘still loves’ ex Martinez” published last November. (more)

Sun set to go down on New York daily
From Press Gazette. Posted September 4 2008, 12.00am
The New York Sun may be folding next month. (more)

Radio�s Often Misunderstood "20-Hour Work Week"
From radio.about.com. Posted September 2 2008, 1.00am
A lot of people, especially typical radio listeners, think the people on-the-air work 4 hours-a-day because that's how long their radio show is. Well, the 20-hour Radio work week is... (more)

Ofcom grants Sunrise's Time FM re-location
From Biz Asia. Posted August 30 2008, 2.02am
Media regulator Ofcom has granted Sunrise Radio Group's English station Time FM (Slough) to move its broadcast studios to outside its licence area - Southall. The station had requested a re-location of its studios but retain a local sales office in the Slough area, with facility for news/interview input to the studio centre. It had no format change plans in relation to programming. Sunrise Radio and Time FM argued that its station, which presently operates from the Observatory Shopping Centre premises in Slough have witnessed a hike in rent fees and was under pressure from expanding national brands squeezing out local businesses. In the request, Time FM said, "Rent currently amounts to £34,000 p.a. which, together with rates, utilities and related charges, results in total occupancy costs of around £100,000 p.a. That represents an unsustainably high proportion of income and expenditure that can be significantly reduced by the proposed studio move to Southall. The lease on these premises expires on 17th December 2008. Time FM will therefore have to move in any event which, if not to Southall, would involve significant capital expenditure the station cannot itself afford." It also plead that the station has been at financial loss for sometime, the report said, "Unfortunately, the station has almost never proven able to meet its costs or achieve profitability. This is reflected in the accumulated losses of the company carried forward at 31st December 2007 which amount to £1.9 million, despite the write-off of over £660,000 in 2004/5 following the change of ownership." Ofcom said whilst this request from Time FM was an "unusual one", it gave the go-ahead to broadcast from Southall under "exceptional circumstances" such as "Co-location does appear to be a significant factor if the station is to survive, delivers more local programming, most of which is live, and more local news than is required by the Format and "the edge of Time's Measured Coverage Area reaches within two miles of Southall." Time FM in Bexley and Romford will remain unchanged. (more)

Melissa McEwan: Slaying the dragon of disunity in Denver
From Media Guardian. Posted August 29 2008, 8.30am
Melissa McEwan: Who needs to see Obama's speech when Fox News can tell you what to think about it before it even happens? (more)

Mail on Sunday to apologise to Salman Rushdie over claims made in serialised book
From Media Guardian. Posted August 27 2008, 4.32pm
The Mail on Sunday will apologise to Sir Salman Rushdie for publishing allegations from a discredited book written by an ex-policeman once involved in protecting the author. By Stephen Brook (more)

Chicago Tribune: Sports news a ‘website business’, says Sun-Times columnist
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 27 2008, 4.22pm
Sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune Jay Mariotti has quit the paper after 17 years, claiming sports journalism has an online-only future. (more)

Sunrise presenter joins Club Asia for Ramadhan
From Biz Asia. Posted August 26 2008, 5.10pm
Former Sunrise Radio presenter Meher Khan has confirmed to BizAsia.co.uk that she has quit to join rival Club Asia. Meher who presented various slots across the day on Sunrise Radio, will be joining the youth station on Monday 1st September to front the Ramadhan specials. Speaking to BizAsia.co.uk, she said "I've been doing the Ramdhan show on Sunrise Radio for 19 years and this time I thought it would beneficial if i presented it to the younger generation and Club Asia provided that platform." The Ramadhan specials on Club Asia will go out between 03:00 - 05:00 from Monday (1st September). (more)

Samsung teams up with Yahoo to bring TV internet service to your sofa
From The Times. Posted August 26 2008, 12.00am
It may not seem like much, a matter of a few feet, negotiating a corridor and a couple of doorways, but it has become one of the technology industry's greatest challenges - dragging the internet away from the family PC and out of the home office and putting it on the television set in the lounge. After years of watching others fail to achieve it, Samsung Electronics believes that it is about to succeed. (more)

NRS: Mail on Sunday bucks downward readership trend
From Media Guardian. Posted August 22 2008, 11.50am
Every Sunday national newspaper, except the Mail on Sunday, lost readers over the past year, the latest National Readership Survey has found. By Oliver Luft (more)

Last Day at Sunday Post for Harrison
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted August 22 2008, 7.49am
It’s the last day at the Sunday Post office today for political journalist, Iain Harrison, who next month switches to The Sunday Times Scotland. He is joining as Scottish political correspondent, the latest of quite a few Scottish newspaper political hacks to have recently been on... (more)

Readership declines for daily, Sunday and regional newspapers in NRS data
From Press Gazette. Posted August 21 2008, 12.00am
Newspaper sales figures have for months shown a chronic circulation downturn, a trend was confirmed today by readership data which showed that six national newspapers had increased their reach in the past year. (more)

The Sun rapped for secretly filming supermarket worker in child pornography case
From Media Guardian. Posted August 19 2008, 12.21pm
The Press Complaints Commission has criticised the Sun for putting footage of a supermarket worker, who had been convicted of child pornography, on its website. By Mark Sweney (more)

Mail on Sunday exec Stephen Miron joins Global Radio
From Media Guardian. Posted August 19 2008, 8.33am
Global Radio has hired Mail on Sunday executive Stephen Miron to be chief executive of the UK's biggest commercial radio business following the GCap Media takeover. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

PCC rules against The Sun over paedophile supermarket video
From Press Gazette. Posted August 19 2008, 12.00am
The Press Complaints Commission today ruled that The Sun was wrong to secretly film a convicted paedophile at work in a supermarket because there was no public interest in revealing his job - despite ruling that the story as a whole was... (more)

PCC upholds mother's complaint against Sun's undercover video
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted August 18 2008, 11.00pm
Video of child porn offender at work in supermarket not justified by public interest (more)

Former Scottish Sunday Express Stalwart Dies
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted August 15 2008, 6.00pm
The funeral of a former chief sportswriter at the Scottish Sunday Express takes place on Monday. Ken Robertson died, aged 75, after a long illness. His funeral is at Warriston Crematorium Cloister Chapel, Edinburgh, at 2.30pm. He joined the paper from the Sunday Post in 1957,... (more)

Carlsberg drops Sun promotion after complaints from Liverpool football fans
From Media Guardian. Posted August 15 2008, 2.52pm
Carlsberg has ditched a planned promotion in the Sun after a backlash from Liverpool supporters. By Mark Sweney (more)

TUI sees sunny skies as capacity cuts help drive profits up 39%
From The Scotsman. Posted August 15 2008, 12.00am
THERE was more good news for the holiday sector yesterday as travel firm TUI revealed that people were still looking to escape to holidays in the sun, despite the credit crunc (more)

The Sun apologises for calling Muslim bus driver a fanatic
From Press Gazette. Posted August 15 2008, 12.00am
The Sun has apologised for branding a Muslim bus driver a “fanatic” and accusing him of kicking passengers off the bus so he could pray. (more)

The Scottish Sun Launches New Campaign to Build on Leading Position in Scotland
From allmediascotland. Posted August 15 2008, 12.00am
This weekend the Scottish Sun launches a new marketing campaign highlighting the paper�s commitment to football coverage and investment in Scottish football. The campaign, created by The Union, features numerous TV commercials, airing from Saturday 16th August, and running until the end of... (more)

Daily Record and Sunday Mail staff to vote on industrial action
From Media Guardian. Posted August 14 2008, 8.08am
The NUJ is to ballot members at the Trinity Mirror's Scottish national titles on possible industrial action over staffing levels. By Oliver Luft (more)

Ancient art spars for place in the sun
From Financial Times. Posted August 14 2008, 3.00am
These days even animated pandas are taking up kung fu - but there is one market that China's fabled martial arts masters just cannot break into: the Olympics. Despite... (more)

ABCs: National Sunday newspaper circulation July 2008
From Media Guardian. Posted August 11 2008, 3.43pm
Circulation figures for UK national Sunday newspapers for July 2008 (more)

UK Sunday papers round-up: August 11
From Daily Telegraph. Posted August 10 2008, 5.51pm
Key business stories from the Sunday Telegraph and other papers. (more)

UK Sunday papers round-up: August 10
From Daily Telegraph. Posted August 10 2008, 5.51pm
Key business stories from the Sunday Telegraph and other papers. (more)

The perfect Sunday menu: grilled minister, or something over easy?
From Media Guardian. Posted August 9 2008, 11.08pm
ITV has left the Sunday morning viewer with no choice of political coverage. Does it matter? (more)

July ABCs: Daily Record hot on the heels of Scottish Sun
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2008, 3.39pm
The Daily Record narrowed the circulation gap with the Scottish Sun in July, reducing the advantage of Scotland's market leader to just over 25,000 copies. By Mark Sweney (more)

July ABCs: Sunday Times relaunch pays dividends
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2008, 2.44pm
The Sunday Times relaunch and £3m marketing campaign boosted sales of the paper by 11,000 copies in July. By Stephen Brook (more)

July ABCs: News of the World's lead over stablemate the Sun dwindles
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2008, 12.45pm
The News of the World's circulation fell 3.38% year on year in July, shrinking its sales lead over the Sun to less than 50,000 copies. By Mark Sweney (more)

July ABCs: Rising Sun records sixth monthly sales increase
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2008, 12.06pm
The Sun continued its barnstorming sales run in July with its sixth month of year-on-year circulation increases. By Mark Sweney (more)

July ABCs: National Sunday newspaper circulation figures
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2008, 11.55am
Audit Bureau of Circulations sales figures for national Sunday newspapers for July (more)

July ABCs: Sun and Standard post newspaper circulation gains
From Press Gazette. Posted August 8 2008, 12.00am
The Sun and the London Evening Standard were the only newspapers to post circulation gains in July's national newspaper figures, released today by ABC. (more)

Journal celebrates unsung heroes on newspaper's patch
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 5 2008, 6.40am
Editor comp�res annual prize giving which proves 'humbling experience' (more)

Sunday Times News Review editor put in charge of The Times Saturday edition
From Press Gazette. Posted August 4 2008, 12.00am
The Times has appointed Sunday Times Review News Review editor Eleanor Mills to edit its Saturday edition, moving current editor George Brock to the role of international editor. (more)

The Sun newspaper drops UK-wide price to 30p
From Media Guardian. Posted August 1 2008, 4.08pm
The Sun will drop its price nationwide to 30p on Monday in a significant escalation of its recent discounting strategy. By Stephen Brook (more)

Sunday Times news review editor Eleanor Mills named Times Saturday editor
From Media Guardian. Posted July 30 2008, 10.26am
Times editor James Harding is planning his most radical management change yet - bringing in Eleanor Mills from the Sunday Times to become Saturday editor. By Stephen Brook (more)

Sunday Times news review editor Eleanor Mills to be Times Saturday editor
From Media Guardian. Posted July 30 2008, 10.26am
Times editor James Harding is planning his most radical management change yet - bringing in Eleanor Mills from the Sunday Times to become Saturday editor. By Stephen Brook (more)

Sunday Times subeditors reply to Giles Coren
From Media Guardian. Posted July 29 2008, 2.58pm
Giles Coren's expletive-strewn tirade against a subeditor who had tinkered with his copy hit the headlines last week. Here is a riposte from members of the Sunday Times' subs desk (more)

MediaGuardian: No integration for Times and Sunday Times, says John Witherow
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 28 2008, 12.56pm
The Times and the Sunday Times will remain 'separate titles with separate staff', says Sunday Times editor John Witherow. Talks are ongoing, however, as to how the Sunday paper can be better represented on TimesOnline. At present the title drives a third of the site's traffic. (more)

Kerry Katona: Sunday Mirror pays damages after prostitute story
From Media Guardian. Posted July 28 2008, 10.44am
Kerry Katona has accepted substantial damages after taking a libel action against the Sunday Mirror, which falsely claimed her mother was about to expose her as a prostitute. By Stephen Brook (more)

Kerry Katona wins payout from Sunday Mirror over prostitution claim
From Press Gazette. Posted July 28 2008, 12.00am
The Sunday Mirror has paid “substantial” damages to former pop singer Kerry Katona after publishing an allegation that she worked as a prostitute before she became famous. (more)

Media: Murdoch still has time for Fleet Street, says Sunday Times editor
From Media Guardian. Posted July 27 2008, 11.03pm
Head of global empire calls John Witherow weekly to keep up with news but never dictates paper's agenda (more)

Samsung dives as consumer spending slows
From The Times. Posted July 25 2008, 12.15pm
Shares in Samsung, Asia's biggest electronics maker, fell at their sharpest daily rate in four years today amid concerns that the economic slowdown will curtail consumer spending on televisions, mobile phones and computers. (more)

RAJAR Results: Sunrise Radio back in pole position
From Biz Asia. Posted July 24 2008, 8.03am
Sunrise Radio has beaten the BBC Asian Network to the top stop, according to the latest RAJAR figures released today. (more)

Sienna Miller makes privacy complaint over Sun and News of the World holiday pics
From Media Guardian. Posted July 23 2008, 10.45am
Sienna Miller has launched a legal battle against News International and photo agency Big Pictures, claiming breach of privacy. By Oliver Luft (more)

Sun’s Page 3 widget breaks download records
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 22 2008, 3.32pm
A Page 3 girl widget for RSS feeds, launched by The Sun on Friday, has beaten previous download figures for Sun apps after only three days, the newspaper has said. The Keeley Hazell application (see below) was built using Adobe Air - a new piece of technology, which allows one widget to be built that will [...] (more)

The Sun raises its cover price in London and the south-east
From Media Guardian. Posted July 18 2008, 9.16am
The Sun is raising its weekday cover price in London and the south-east from Monday by 5p to 30p. By Mark Sweney (more)

Kylie Minogue ex in Mail and Sun privacy complaint
From Press Gazette. Posted July 16 2008, 12.00am
French actor Olivier Martinez has complained to The Sun and the Daily Mail claiming breach of privacy, after they published pictures of him having a meal with former lover Kylie Minogue and her parents in a Paris restaurant. (more)

The Sun ?Dreamteam?
From UTalk Marketing. Posted July 15 2008, 10.39am
New football promotion (more)

Record Catches up Sales on Sun
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted July 14 2008, 8.04am
The Daily Record will be celebrating narrowing the sales gap between it and the Scottish Sun by 18 per cent during the month of June, according to the latest circulation figures. Say the June ABCs, the Scottish Sun - the country’s best-selling daily newspaper - sold an average... (more)

More DJ losses for Sunrise Radio?
From Biz Asia. Posted July 14 2008, 12.41am
News that sends shock-waves down the industry...Following the departure of Paul Shah, Bobby Bossman, Anisa Nasir, Sonia Dutta, Vik Kumar, Sunny Kapoor and some other Sunrise Radio presenters, comes the unofficial gossip that two more weekend presenters have quit... Following the BizAsia.co.uk newsbreak about not hearing Maya Mistry on air on Saturday night (Read Biz Bitch) we hear from people that the young lady who perked up Saturday evenings is actually not with the station anymore! The bigger shock to hit us on Sunday evening was the chitter-chatter about Suzi Mann's rumoured departure...the inordinately popular DJ (recently nominated for the UK AMA) of the flagship weekend show, 'Bollywood Top 20', on Saturday, had suddenly decided against continuing say birdies... Keep watching this space for the official updates. Related links: Five radio shows compete for UK AMA gong Paul Shah quits Sunrise; joins Dubai station Sunrise Radio...the changes continue A new 'Bossman' at Sunrise Radio? Rumour: Presenters on the way out on Sunrise? Rumour: Major changes likely on Sunrise Radio (more)

ABCs: Daily Record closes in on Scottish Sun
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2008, 3.35pm
The Daily Record narrowed the gap with the Scottish Sun in June, shedding fewer copy sales than Scotland's newspaper market leader. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

ABCs: Relaunched Independent on Sunday falls 15% in a year
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2008, 1.41pm
The Independent on Sunday suffered a double-digit fall in circulation last month compared with June 2007, when the newly revamped paper ran a three-week price promotion. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

ABCs: The Sun winning long game
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2008, 12.26pm
Although the Sun's month-on-month sales fell by 1.9%, it achieved its fifth straight year-on-year circulation increase. By Stephen Brook (more)

Sunday newspaper goes 24/7 with new online operation
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 11 2008, 6.40am
Mercury aims to offer breaking news along with army of bloggers on new-look website (more)

Increases for Sun and Financial Times in June ABCs
From Press Gazette. Posted July 11 2008, 12.00am
The Sun and Financial Times were the only national daily newspapers to increase year-on-year sales in June (more)

Choose your partners for the Sun Valley reel
From Financial Times. Posted July 6 2008, 10.54pm
Captains of media and technology are heading for Sun Valley, many wondering if this year's Allen & Co conference could produce a deal to reshape the internet landscape (more)

Tie-up with Lloyd's List publisher is sunk but UBM is still buoyant
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 4 2008, 12.01am
Where to now for United Business Media? A fortnight ago the company called off talks about a £3bn merger with rival business information publisher Informa, owner of shipping bible Lloyd's List. (more)

Diego Maradona sues The Sun over interview fee
From Press Gazette. Posted July 4 2008, 12.00am
Footballer Diego Maradona, famed for the Hand of God incident when Argentina played England in 1986, has launched a legal battle over a newspaper interview with The Sun. (more)

Watch this: ABBA: The Mamma Mia! Story | Sunday Schools: Reading, Writing and Redemption | Fallout | The Office: An American Workplace
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2008, 12.23am
Sarah Dempster suggests ABBA: The Mamma Mia! Story | Sunday Schools: Reading, Writing and Redemption | Fallout | The Office: An American Workplace (more)

Sunday Times launches redesign with £3m marketing campaign
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 2.54pm
The newspaper's first brand campaign in nine years will feature Peter O'Toole and a new slogan: 'The Sunday Times. For All You Are'. By Stephen Brook (more)

Peter O'Toole stars in Sunday Times £3m marketing push
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 2.54pm
The newspaper's first brand campaign in nine years will feature Peter O'Toole and a new slogan: 'The Sunday Times. For All You Are.' By Stephen Brook (more)

Maradona sues The Sun over payment for interview
From Press Gazette. Posted June 30 2008, 12.00am
Footballer Diego Maradona, famed for the Hand of God incident when Argentina played England in 1986, has launched a legal battle over a newspaper interview with The Sun. (more)

Guardian: James Murdoch calls daily/Sunday integrations ‘cost-cutting exercises’
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 25 2008, 12.28pm
James Murdoch has spoken out against integrating daily and Sunday newspapers into seven-day operations, dismissing the process as "cost-cutting exercises". He told staff at its UK newspaper division News International that the introduction of integrated seven-day operations in Britain had "diminished daily and Sunday rivals". (more)

Sunday Times redesigns for full-colour launch
From Media Guardian. Posted June 25 2008, 11.22am
The Sunday Times will launch its long-awaited full-colour redesign on July 6 with a new masthead, new font and updated slogan. By Stephen Brook and Ben Dowell (more)

McFly give away new album with Sunday paper
From Digital Spy. Posted June 24 2008, 8.56pm
McFly's new album, Radio:ACTIVE, will come free with the Mail on Sunday on July 20. (more)

McFly album Radio:ACTIVE to be given away free with Mail on Sunday
From Media Guardian. Posted June 24 2008, 4.58pm
McFly are to become the latest music act to give their new album away for free after signing a deal with the Mail on Sunday. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

James Murdoch calls daily/Sunday integrations 'cost-cutting exercises'
From Media Guardian. Posted June 24 2008, 3.14pm
James Murdoch has spoken out against integrating daily and Sunday newspapers into seven-day operations, dismissing the process as 'cost-cutting exercises'. By Stephen Brook (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)

Peter Mitchell has been promoted to sports editor at the Sunday Telegraph
From Media Guardian. Posted June 20 2008, 6.12am
The Sunday Telegraph has promoted Peter Mitchell to sports editor, part of a raft of changes that will include a new sports blog on Telegraph.co.uk. By Stephen Brook (more)

Sun and Times teams to merge
From Daily Telegraph. Posted June 19 2008, 12.01am
News International, the UK's largest publisher of national newspapers, is planning to merge the back offices that support the Sun and the Times. (more)

Cristiano Ronaldo wins damages from Sun over phone fine story
From Press Gazette. Posted June 19 2008, 12.00am
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo today accepted a public apology at London's High Court and undisclosed libel damages over tabloid claims that he was fined £8,000 for using a mobile phone on the pitch during a training session. (more)

Sun pays damages to Cristiano Ronaldo over phone story
From Press Gazette. Posted June 19 2008, 12.00am
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo today accepted a public apology at London's High Court and undisclosed libel damages over tabloid claims that he was fined for using a mobile phone on the pitch during a training session. (more)

Charlie Beckett: It's the Sun wot bottled it
From Media Guardian. Posted June 17 2008, 12.00pm
Charlie Beckett: The prospect of a battle between David Davis and ex-Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie is receding. Did Rupert get cold feet? (more)

Summertime and the sunglasses war is raging
From The Independent. Posted June 15 2008, 12.00am
Tortoiseshell sunglasses and cotton canvas flip-flops, totes designed by Liz Hurley, free designer sarongs and Katie Price's "sexy beach read", Angel. If you're looking to stock up on cheap essentials for your summer holidays, you can pretty much pick up an entire beach bag full of stuff, and the bag itself, from this month's magazine rack. The July issues of the monthly women's glossies are out. Wrapped up in cellophane and bulging with their carefully chosen goodies, Marie Claire, Tatler, Glamour and Red are spilling out of the newsagents shelves, tempting the casual buyer to pick up a copy, if only for the sunglasses. (more)

Sunday Business Post: RTE launches 24-hour online news channel
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 12 2008, 11.02am
Irish broadcaster RTE launches its 24-hour online news channel today. RTE News Now will feature a mixture of live simulcasted and repeated news programming from the broadcaster, as well as original coverage of breaking news stories and special events. The channel is being developed along similar lines as the BBC iPlayer, the Post reports, and talks with mobile network operators are underway. (more)

Chelsea scout Arneson sues Sun for £100k
From Press Gazette. Posted June 12 2008, 12.00am
Soccer scout Frank Arnesen has launched a bid for liibel damages of £100,000 over a story in The Sun. (more)

Chelsea scout Arnesen sues The Sun for £100k
From Press Gazette. Posted June 12 2008, 12.00am
Soccer scout Frank Arnesen has launched a bid for liibel damages of £100,000 over a story in The Sun. (more)

Chelsea scout Frank Arnesen sues The Sun for £100k
From Press Gazette. Posted June 12 2008, 12.00am
Soccer scout Frank Arnesen has launched a bid for liibel damages of £100,000 over a story in The Sun. (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)

UKIP leader wins damages and apology from Sunday Times over son payment claims
From Press Gazette. Posted June 11 2008, 12.00am
UK Independence Party leader and European Parliament Member Nigel Farage today accepted a public apology and damages from The Sunday Times at London’s High Court, after the paper accused him of using EU funds to pay his son as an assistant,... (more)

Sunderland-born journalist dies at 83
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 10 2008, 8.40am
Alan Brien wrote for a variety of publications and specialised as a film critic (more)

Sun Maintains Lead Over Daily Record
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 9 2008, 7.53am
Despite last month returning to its standard price for the first time in four years, the Scottish Sun appears to have lost none of its sales advantage over its nearest rival in the circulation battle between Scotland’s two top-selling daily newspapers. When it was last at 30p, it was... (more)

Sun Maintains Lead Over Daily Record in Sales Battle
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 9 2008, 7.53am
Despite last month returning to its standard price for the first time in four years, the Scottish Sun appears to have lost none of its advantage over its nearest rival in the circulation battle between Scotland’s two top-selling daily newspapers. When it was last at 30p, it was... (more)

Sun apologises to Marco Materazzi over 'racist' slur
From Press Gazette. Posted June 9 2008, 12.00am
The Sun has issued an apology and agreed to pay damages to Italian footballer Marco Materazzi over claims he racially abused an opponent in the 2006 World Cup final. (more)

New press adds to the glow of 'The Sun' as passion lifts the 'Standard'
From The Independent. Posted June 8 2008, 12.00am
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Martin Kettle: Actually, it wasn't the Sun wot won it. Sun readers did
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 11.08pm
Martin Kettle: Politicians who obsess about the contents of each day's newspapers are looking in completely the wrong direction (more)

Dennis Rice: Mail on Sunday's investigations editor resigns
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 4.06pm
The Mail on Sunday's investigations editor, Dennis Rice, has resigned from the paper to take up a new freelance role. By Tara Conlan (more)

The Sun's Polish edition gears up for Euro 2008 debut
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 4.04pm
The Sun is to call its new Euro 2008 Polish-language edition Polski Sun when it launches on the first day of the football tournament. By Stephen Brook (more)

ABCs: Price-cut boost Sun's lead in Scotland
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 2.38pm
The Sun's aggressive price-cutting tactics has furthered its lead over the Daily Record in the Scottish red-top market. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

ABCs: Price-cut boosts Sun's lead in Scotland
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 2.38pm
The Sun's aggressive price-cutting tactics has furthered its lead over the Daily Record in the Scottish red-top market. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

ABCs: Sun sales continue to climb
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 12.15pm
The Sun achieved its third straight month of year-on-year circulation increases in May, with a rise of 3.48%. By Stephen Brook (more)

Reasons to be cheerful? Well, at least the sun shone yesterday
From Daily Telegraph. Posted June 6 2008, 12.01am
The economy is broken, social cohesion non-existent and Wandsworth nick is safer than Wandsworth Common: welcome to New Labour's Britain, says Jeff Randall. (more)

Sunday ABCs: Observer is only Sunday to put on sales in May
From Press Gazette. Posted June 6 2008, 12.00am
The Observer was the only national Sunday paper to report a year-on-year rise in circulation, according to officially audited ABC figures for the month of May. (more)

ABCs Dailies: Only The Sun and the Evening Standard put on sales in May
From Press Gazette. Posted June 6 2008, 12.00am
The Sun and the London Evening Standard were the only two British national daily newspapers to increase their year-on-year sales in May, with the sector as a whole down 2.82 per cent. (more)

Sunday ABCs: Observer only Sunday to grow year on year
From Press Gazette. Posted June 6 2008, 12.00am
The Observer was the only national Sunday paper to report a year-on-year rise in circulation, according to officially audited ABC figures for the month of May. (more)

Euro 2008: Sun to charge Polish readers more for special editions
From Media Guardian. Posted June 5 2008, 12.12pm
The Sun plans to charge readers of its Polish-language Euro 2008 edition the premium price of 50p - more than it charges regular readers. By Stephen Brook and Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Sun hires Polish journalists to cover Euro 2008
From Media Guardian. Posted June 2 2008, 9.40am
The Sun has been hiring journalists from Poland as it gears up to run a Polish edition during the Euro 2008 football tournament. By Hilary Davies in Warsaw (more)

Radio Sweden frequency change on Sunday
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 23 2008, 4.19pm
Radio Sweden’s website says “Because of interference from other radio stations, we’ve been forced to change the frequency of our broadcast in English to the Middle East at 15:30 UTC. The current frequency of 11590 kHz is changing on May 25 to 11595 kHz.” Bookmark to: (more)

Sun challenge lifted ban on reporting jailing of Joey Barton
From Press Gazette. Posted May 22 2008, 12.00am
A reporting restriction order which had prevented the media from reporting the conviction of Premiership footballer Joey Barton was lifted following representations by a barrister representing the publisher of The Sun newspaper. (more)

Readers up at the Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Record
From Media Guardian. Posted May 15 2008, 11.35am
The Sun, the Daily Mail and the Daily Record were the only national newspapers to increase their readership over the past year, according to NRS figures. By Stephen Brook (more)

Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant accept £58k from Mail on Sunday
From Press Gazette. Posted May 15 2008, 12.00am
Former celebrity couple, Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant and Liz’s new husband, Arun Nayar, today accepted a public apology and £58,000 damages at London’s High Court after covert photographs taken of them holidaying together at a secluded resort... (more)

'Got Talent' tops sunny Saturday ratings
From Digital Spy. Posted May 12 2008, 9.30pm
Britain's Got Talent was Saturday's most watched show - despite dropping 1m on the previous week. (more)

Gap Widens Slightly Between Scottish Sun Sales and Record's
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted May 12 2008, 8.44am
As predicted on Friday, on allmediascotland.com, the gap between the top two-selling daily newspapers in Scotland has slightly widened, following publication of the latest monthly sales figures. On average, during April, a gap of 35,910 separated the Scottish Sun from its nearest rival, the... (more)

No reflected glory for the new-look 'Mirror' as 'Sun' continues to shine
From The Independent. Posted May 11 2008, 12.00am
When the Daily Mirror unveiled its new look on 2 April, editor Richard Wallace said he did not want to unsettle readers. The jury is out on whether he achieved that modest ambition. The Mirror's circulation fell in April, continuing a decline that has marooned it below 1.5 million sales, less than half the circulation of its main rival, Rupert Murdoch's Sun, for which price-cutting continues to work magic. The Sun's circulation rose slightly in April and is up 2.8 per cent since last year. (more)

Mail on Sunday to give away free Paul McCartney album
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 4.16pm
Sir Paul McCartney is set to follow Prince by giving away his latest album for free with the Mail on Sunday. By Stephen Brook (more)

April ABCs: Scottish Sun pulls further ahead of Record
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 2.17pm
The Scottish Sun extended its circulation lead over the Daily Record to nearly 36,000 copies. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

April ABCs: Monthly gains for two Sunday quality papers
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 12.58pm
The Independent on Sunday and Sunday Telegraph both experienced month-on-month circulation increases in April, while the overall Sunday quality market fell 3.65% year on year. By Stephen Brook (more)

April ABCs: Mirror hits new circulation low while the Sun shows recovery
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 12.01pm
The Sun's circulation was up nearly 3% year on year. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

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