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Ad sales drop 16.4% at New York Times
From Financial Times. Posted July 23 2008, 6.15pm
The New York Times suffered a 16.4 per cent decrease in June advertising revenues and warned that the effects of high oil prices, a slowing economy and the housing crisis were likely to weigh on its prospects for some time (more)

Herald and Times MD denies Charles McGhee quit over newsroom merger plans
From Media Guardian. Posted July 23 2008, 6.12am
The MD of The Herald and Times newspaper group has denied Charles McGhee resigned as editor of its flagship title over a plan to merge newsrooms. By Severin Carrell (more)

New York Times in social network site tie-up
From Financial Times. Posted July 22 2008, 9.01pm
A new alliance between the New York Times and LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, could allow LinkedIn users' data to shape the media and advertising they see elsewhere across the internet (more)

TimesOnline: Esquire to produce flashing magazine cover
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 22 2008, 4.11pm
The cover will flash 'the 21st century begins now' thanks to a battery, which will last for 90 days. (more)

NYTimes: Tribune employees start protest blog against job cuts
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 22 2008, 1.00pm
Journalists facing the axe at Tribune's titles are using the Tell Zell blog to protest against the publisher's owner Sam Zell. (more)

New York Times to offer targeted stories to LinkedIn users
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 10.04am
The New York Times will be able to serve targeted web stories to business and technology users following a deal with social networking site LinkedIn. By Jemima Kiss (more)

News International to deliver the Times for free in London
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 9.28am
News International has started a free home delivery service for readers of the Times and the Sunday Times within the M25. By Oliver Luft (more)

NYTimes.com: French newspapers sign up for e-reader trial
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 21 2008, 2.09pm
An e-paper reader, similar to Amazon's Kindle, is being trialled by seven French newspapers. The technology has been developed in partnership with France Telecom, which will deliver the paper's content through its wireless network. (more)

NYTimes.com: Murdoch’s New York Post in talks with rival The Daily News
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 16 2008, 11.33am
Representatives of the Post and News have been discussing ways to combine certain 'business functions' of the two titles, in particular distribution and printing operations. (more)

New York Times reporters told to keep political views under wraps
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 15 2008, 12.25pm
Reporters and editors at the New York Times have been told to keep their political affiliations offline and out of sight in the build up to the US presidential election. A memo received by the New York Observer sent to staff by Craig Whitney, standards editor at the paper, warns journalists that social networks and other [...] (more)

LBC 97.3 gets with The Times
From Radio Today. Posted July 15 2008, 12.08am
London talk station LBC 97.3 has agreed a four week deal with The Times newspaper to sponsor the stations Saturday morning programmes. (more)

ABCs: Financial Times continues year-on-year growth
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2008, 2.57pm
The Financial Times was the only quality daily newspaper to show a year-on-year circulation rise in June. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Industry more upbeat on DTT HD timescale
From Digital Spy. Posted July 11 2008, 11.02am
The industry is more upbeat about launching Freeview HD channels in 2009 as testing for DVB-T2 begins. (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)

Editors Weblog: LA Times: blogs for politics, news for celebrities
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 10 2008, 10.00am
Analysis of the LA Times' most-read stories and most-viewed multimedia on its website shows a correlation between platforms and the topic of content. For example, blogs on the site attract politcally interested readers while the news channel is increasingly focused on 'soft' and entertainment news. (more)

Editor’s Weblog: LA Times: blogs for politics, news for celebrities
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 10 2008, 10.00am
Analysis of the LA Times' most-read stories and most-viewed multimedia on its website shows a correlation between platforms and the topic of content. For example, blogs on the site attract politcally interested readers while the news channel is increasingly focused on 'soft' and entertainment news. (more)

After 250 job cuts, LA Times leading reporters head to ProPublica
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 8 2008, 3.16pm
Last week LA Times, one of the biggest employers of journalists in the US, announced that it would be dispensing with the services of 150 of them as part of a total 250 job losses at the paper. Yesterday afternoon it emerged that two more journalists would likely be leaving the LA Times, but not as [...] (more)

Times to take legal action against Media Lens website?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 7 2008, 4.14pm
The editors of MediaLens - a website aimed at exposing propaganda in mainstream media reporting - has claimed that the Times has threatened to take legal action against the site for publishing an email from the Times' chief foreign commentator Bronwen Maddox and allegedly encouraging MediaLens readers to send 'threatening emails' to the writer. The original [...] (more)

TimesOnline: News of the World acted like ‘Peeping Tom’ with Max Mosley video report, court hears
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 6 2008, 11.00pm
Formula 1 chief Max Mosley's breach of privacy case against the News of the World has started today. Earlier this year the paper published a series of articles and video footage of Mosley participating in an orgy. The Federation Internationale de lâ (more)

LA Times: Los Angeles Times to cut 250 jobs
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 3 2008, 10.30am
The LA Times announced yesterday that it will cut 250 jobs - 150 editorial positions - across the company in a latest effort to curb spending as reveunes plummet. In a further cost-cutting step, the newspaper will reduce the number of pages it publishes each week by 15 per cent. "You all know the paradox we find ourselves in," Times Editor Russ Stanton said in a memo to the staff. "Thanks to the internet, we have more readers for our great journalism than at any time in our history. But also thanks to the internet, our advertisers have more choices, and we have less money." (more)

NYTimes innovation plans: Widgets, iPhone, APIs
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 3 2008, 10.29am
Silicon Valley Insider talked to Marc Frons, chief technology officer of NYTimes digital, about the projects he's working on and the development that they'll be rolling out in the near future. Here's a brief overview: Things we have already covered: Those APIs: the plan is to eventually let developers outside of the Times play with its content [...] (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)

Times: Trinity Mirror shares suffer record 28 per cent fall
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 1 2008, 11.15am
Trinity Mirror shares suffered a record one-day fall yesterday after the newspaper publisher admitted that advertising at the Daily Mirror and its sister titles had collapsed by between 12 per cent and 14 per cent in May and June. Shares in newspaper group Trinity Mirror plunged 28 per cent yesterday after it said profits would be 10 per cent lower than expected. (more)

Irish Times removes subscription barrier and launches free-to-use website
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 29 2008, 11.00pm
Ireland.com becomes an information and events destination as Irishtimes.com becomes the news site (more)

Times editor James Harding on the Daily Show
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 26 2008, 9.25am
Times editor James Harding tells Jon Stewart all about his new book Alpha Dogs: James Harding on The Daily Show (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)

NYTimes.com: NYTimes and IHT consider web merger
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 24 2008, 8.32am
The New York Times and International Herald Tribune are discussing a merger of their websites to expand their international audience. Plans include a co-branded international site for the publications. (more)

NYTimes.com Google News shows slow growth
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 24 2008, 8.32am
Google News has posted slow growth figures compared to its online rivals. Company says audience numbers are not the 'paramount goal', but are recent innovations enough to attract new users? (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)

NYTimes.com launches TimesPeople to connect better to Facebook
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 18 2008, 11.00pm
NYT adds user profile pages as a web browser plug-in (more)

NYTimes.com launches TimesPeople to connect better to social networks
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 18 2008, 11.00pm
NYT adds user profile pages as a web browser plug-in (more)

Times of India scoops top direct marketing prize at Cannes
From Media Guardian. Posted June 17 2008, 8.25am
The Times of India has won a grand prix award at the Cannes International Advertising Festival for a campaign involving a TV talent show. By Mark Sweney (more)

NYTimes.com: AP to set rules for bloggers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 16 2008, 9.30am
The Associated Press (AP) is to establish guidelines for bloggers using the agency's content. The AP will define how much of its articles and broadcasts blogs and other independent websites can use without infringing its copyright. The decision follows the takedown notices sent to news aggregation site the Drudge Retort, which the AP said had published excerpts and links to AP copy outside of the realm of fair use. The action against the site still stands, but AP vice-president Jim Kennedy has since said the AP's handling has been 'heavy-handed' and a more thoughtful way forward is required. (more)

Times' Anne Ashworth scoops hat-trick at headline property awards
From Press Gazette. Posted June 16 2008, 12.00am
Anne Ashworth, editor of The Times’ Bricks and Mortar section collected a hat-trick of prizes at an awards night for journalists working in the property sector organised by specialist website headlineproperty. (more)

Times opens up 200-year digital archive
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 13 2008, 11.32am
The Times has officially opened up its digital archive of 200 years of newspapers. The archive, which was launched in beta last month, features content from the paper between January 1 1785 and December 31 1985. A few pages are missing, according to the site's FAQs, and there are no editions from December 1 1978 to [...] (more)

Times Online archive offers 20m articles for free
From Media Guardian. Posted June 13 2008, 6.12am
Times Online has rolled out an elaborate digital newspaper archive stretching back more than 200 years. By Jemima Kiss (more)

NYTimes.com and BBC scoop prizes at Webby awards
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 12 2008, 10.00am
The New York Times website won two awards for best news and newspaper at last night's Webby awards. BBC News also picked up an accolade for news, while its world service website won an award for radio. The Financial Times blog Alphaville was also named best business blog. Winners at the Webbys were asked to make a five-word [...] (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)

LA Times: interactive election map and multimedia tribute to fallen soldiers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 10 2008, 3.31pm
The LA Times has created two great interactive features online: the first allows users to see different voting outcomes of November's presidential election on a map of the US. Using data from the 2004 election, states on the map can be assigned to either Obama or McCain, showing users how a winning these constituencies will affect [...] (more)

NYTimes.com: Times’ policy on using anonymous sources
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 10 2008, 8.47am
Q&A with the Times' managing editor Jill Abramson on how the paper uses anonymous sources for reporting. (more)

TV ratings - June 8: Big Brother audience is bolstered by 'timeshift' viewers
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 10.35am
Big Brother pulled in 3.2 million viewers, around the same figures as the show was attracting at the same stage last year, including Channel 4+1 figures. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Peter Willby on The Times newspaper
From Media Guardian. Posted June 8 2008, 11.03pm
On the press, Peter Wilby: The Times is probably the only newspaper that can draw attention to itself just by moving things around (more)

May ABCs: Sales up at Financial Times and the Times
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 1.18pm
The Financial Times and the Times were the only other two quality daily titles to increase sales last month compared with April. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Wall Street Journal hires Financial Times journalists
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2008, 6.23am
The Wall Street Journal has hired Financial Times journalists Thorold Barker and Liam Denning, who write for the influential Lex column. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Award-Winning High Times to Return to TV Screens
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 5 2008, 8.06am
An award-winning drama series, broadcast on stv, is to return to TV screens this month. The first series of High Times gets a repeat from next Thursday, while a brand new, second series begins at the end of next month. Written by John Rooney, the second series takes off where the first... (more)

Princess Beatrice: royal to do work experience at Financial Times website
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2008, 4.20pm
The Duchess of York's daughter, Princess Beatrice, is to join the Financial Times website as part of a work experience placement. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Times unveils full-colour redesign with leaders moved to page 2
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
The Times today unveiled a major redesign aimed at taking advantage of the full-colour printing which has been enabled by News International's new £650 million printing presses. (more)

New editors for Times Education titles
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
Times Education Supplement and Times Higher Education are to get two new editors. (more)

New editors for Times Education Supplement and Higher Education
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
Gerard Kelly, current editor on Times Higher Education, is to move to become editor of the Times Education Supplement, replacing Karen Dempsey. (more)

Times unveils full-colour redesign
From Press Gazette. Posted June 2 2008, 12.00am
The Times today unveiled a major redesign aimed at taking advantage of the full-colour printing which has been enabled by News International's new £650m printing presses. (more)

Arresting times at Tower FM
From Radio Today. Posted June 1 2008, 9.26pm
A journalist from 107.4 Tower FM was caught up in the middle of an arrest last week when the police chief he was interviewing suddenly broke off from the questions to arrest a suspected drug dealer. (more)

Times of India publisher buys UK?s Virgin Radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 1 2008, 12.04pm
The company that publishes the Times of India has confirmed reports that it has agreed to buy Virgin Radio Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries in the UK from the Scottish Media Group (SMG Plc) for £53.2 million. Virgin Radio, which operates on FM in London and on mediumwave across the rest of the UK, will become part of TIML Golden Square [...] (more)

Times of India publisher agrees to buy UK?s Virgin Radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 1 2008, 12.04pm
The company that publishes the Times of India has confirmed reports that it has agreed to buy Virgin Radio Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries in the UK from the Scottish Media Group (SMG Plc) for £53.2 million. Virgin Radio, which operates on FM in London and on mediumwave across the rest of the UK, will become part of TIML Golden Square [...] (more)

Times of India group acquires Virgin Radio
From Biz Asia. Posted May 31 2008, 9.06pm
The Times of India group (TIML Golden Square, a wholly owned subsidiary of Times group) has made its first ever foray into the overseas media space by acquiring the Virgin Radio Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries in the UK, for a phenomenal £53.2 million from SMG Plc. With this acquisition, TIML will obtain the lucrative AM national licence, FM London licence and DAB national licence. TIML will manage the station along with Absolute Radio, the European group that already owns the music station Jack FM in Oxford. The deal comes without the Virgin brand which will go back to Richard Branson's Virgin Group. TIML will undertake a £15 million rebranding exercise. However, RadioToday.co.uk understands TIML Golden Square Ltd have the option of continuing to use the Virgin Radio name in the UK, for a licence cost of a further £8million. TIML has 90 days from the completion of the sale to rebrand. Mr. A P Parigi, managing director & CEO of TIML says: "Now is a great period to be entering the UK market and the opportunity to acquire a valuable radio asset couldn't have come at a better time. We have worked with ARI for many years now and their experience and expertise, coupled with that of the award winning staff at Golden Square, will deliver our collective vision of a powerful and exciting new brand that will engage all key stakeholders." The acquisition is not being made by ENIL, a listed company promoted by Bennett Coleman & Co. that operates Radio Mirchi. "The reason could be that Virgin Radio operates in a matured market. The promoters of Bennett Coleman would rather fund the acquisition and create more value to that business. They may not have wanted to put ENIL under funding pressure," says a market analyst to IndianTelevision who is closely tracking the development. It is also understood that Virgin Group, which owns Virgin Radio in countries throughout Europe and Asia, is keen to reclaim the Virgin Radio brand and launch a British station, possibly on DAB. It is understood that Virgin Group would look to relaunch Virgin Radio with a partner. Excerpts from Times Online, Indian Television and Radio Today (more)

Times of India publisher buys Virgin Radio for £53m
From Financial Times. Posted May 31 2008, 3.00am
The publisher of the Times of India has bought Virgin Radio from SMG for £53.2m, in its first international acquisition and its first step towards an ambitious... (more)

NYTimes.com: Chicago Tribune to deliver TV critic’s picks through TiVo
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 29 2008, 10.00am
The Chicago Tribune has reportedly signed a deal with digital video recorder manufacturer TiVo that will see the selections of its TV critic Maureen Ryan automatically delivered to the sets of subscribers to the service. (more)

New York Times offers 70-year digital archive
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 28 2008, 3.55pm
The New York Times has developed a digital archive of all volumes of the paper from 1851 to 1922. Beginning with the first ever edition on September 18 1851, the TimesMachine displays entire editions of the paper which can be scanned page by page or as thumbnails. A sample of the archive is available to all users, [...] (more)

Financial Times rejigs foreign desk
From Media Guardian. Posted May 28 2008, 2.27pm
The Financial Times has appointed former Daily Telegraph foreign editor Alec Russell as world news editor and promoted David Pilling to Asia editor. By Stephen Brook (more)

NYTimes.com: ex-Gawker blogger Emily Gould takes on the NYTimes’ readers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 28 2008, 11.22am
A fiery Q&A with the ex-Gawker blogger following her NYTimes article, where she talks about her experiences of blogging her lovelife. (more)

Financial Times moves senior correspondents and editors around the globe
From Press Gazette. Posted May 28 2008, 12.00am
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber has announced a series of senior editorial changes, with correspondents and editors moving between the Far East, Africa and Europe. (more)

New York Times opening APIs to developers: will it catch on in UK?
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 26 2008, 11.00pm
Oliver Luft, Journalism.co.uk (more)

Mediabistro: New York Times to release data to developers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 26 2008, 10.05pm
The New York Times is to open up access to data from its website with the release of an API. When launched, a key to the data will be made available to developers and others wanting to mash-up data from the title, including events listings and reviews. (more)

TimesOnline: Relax competition rules so we can fight Google, say TV and newspapers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 26 2008, 10.05pm
Rules from competition authorities and regulators are preventing UK newspapers and broadcasters from competing with unregulated Google. "Part of the trouble is that Google doesnâ (more)

LA Times creates ‘visual journalism’ department
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 20 2008, 2.21pm
The Los Angeles Times has integrate its print and web picture desks and video operations into a new visual journalism department. The move is the next phase in the Times' alignment of its web and print operations, which will see mergers across the continuous news desk and main metro news desk this month. The new department will [...] (more)

'Dr Who' ratings leap in later timeslot
From Digital Spy. Posted May 19 2008, 10.49am
A return to the 7pm timeslot prompts Doctor Who's ratings to soar. (more)

SAS soldier named as Hereford Times beats court ID ban
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 16 2008, 12.30pm
Original naming ban was challenged as unlawful (more)

Victory for Hereford Times in SAS name ban
From Press Gazette. Posted May 16 2008, 12.00am
The Hereford Times has won a court challenge to name a high ranking SAS soldier facing assault charges. (more)

The Times turns to US Vogue for Luxx magazine editor
From Media Guardian. Posted May 13 2008, 11.12am
The Times has hired a new editor for its quarterly glossy magazine Luxx from US Vogue. By Stephen Brook (more)

Guardian: Times website seeks Sky News link-up
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 12 2008, 10.04am
The Times website wants to carry more video content from Sky News. Times Online editor-in-chief, Anne Spackman, told MediaGuardian.co.uk that negotiations to make this happen were at an early stage on the newspaper website carrying breaking news videos from Sky. Any deal is likely to improve the online video offering from the Times. Despite being one of the first national newspapers to adopt a TV service the Times offering has fallen behind other nationals - in terms of quality - and seems to be due an overhaul. (more)

Times Online seeks Sky News link-up
From Media Guardian. Posted May 12 2008, 6.14am
Times Online is seeking a tie-up with Sky News to boost its online video content. By Stephen Brook (more)

Netbytes: The New York Times
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 11.12pm
The New York Times online has come a long way in the past few years, scooping several Webby Awards last week. And how many other newspapers have a page for pancakes? (more)

April ABCs: Financial Times dips for second month
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 12.51pm
The FT recorded another year-on-year sales decline, in line with all the quality daily newspapers. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

The Times's Rajeev Syal joins the Observer
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2008, 6.38am
The Observer has hired Rajeev Syal from the Times to be its investigations editor. By Stephen Brook (more)

Former Mail and Times reporter dies aged 86
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 6.00am
Molly White was a fan of horses, flying and writing (more)

Sunday Times wins 'IRA claim' appeal
From Press Gazette. Posted May 8 2008, 12.00am
?The Sunday Times has won its appeal against a judge’s decision that a report of allegations made in Parliament against a businessman meant that he had been involved in money-laundering for the IRA. (more)

PPA Magazines 2008: TimesOnline could reward commenters
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 7 2008, 1.31pm
Ongoing discussions at TimesOnline could see a reward system for regular contributors to the site's comments. Anne Spackman, editor-in-chief of the site, said it was early days but a way to reward or highlight regular and valuable commenters on the site was being considered. Spackman, who was speaking at the PPA's annual conference for the magazine industry, [...] (more)

PPA Magazines 2008: Timesonline readers ‘obsessed with house prices’
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 7 2008, 10.53am
Readers of TimesOnline are obsessed with house prices and road tax, according to Anne Spackman, editor-in-chief of the title. Readers of the site's business section also go home early on Fridays, Spackman told delegates at the PPA's annual conference. The information gleaned from the site's search queries is vital to understanding Timesonline readers and shaping content on [...] (more)

Anne Spackman: 'Google is dominant driver of Times web traffic'
From Press Gazette. Posted May 7 2008, 12.00am
Journalism and search engine optimisation are completely interwoven at Times Online, the site's editor-in-chief Anne Spackman has told the digital seminar at the PPA Conference in London. (more)

Spackman: Journalism and search optimisation are 'completely interwoven' at Times Online
From Press Gazette. Posted May 7 2008, 12.00am
Journalism and search engine optimisation are completely interwoven at Times Online, the site's editor-in-chief Anne Spackman has told the digital seminar at the PPA Conference in London. (more)

Search is central to TimesOnline's journalism, says Spackman
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 6 2008, 11.00pm
Optimising content for search engines has become a key focus for TimesOnline staff since the site's revamp says editor-in-chief (more)

Over 200 years of newspaper content made available as TimesOnline launches digital archive
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 6 2008, 11.00pm
Archive will be free to users and stretch back to 1785 (more)

Over 200 years of newspaper content to be made available as TimesOnline launches digital archive
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 6 2008, 11.00pm
Archive will be free to users and stretch back to 1785 (more)

Financial Times admits gender pay gap
From Media Guardian. Posted May 6 2008, 5.34am
The Financial Times has admitted its female journalists are paid less than men in equivalent jobs. By Jemima Kiss (more)

So was it the 'Standard' wot won it? Or just a sign of the times?
From The Independent. Posted May 4 2008, 12.00am
Eighty-four years ago, a title in what is now the Associated Newspapers group changed the result of a British election. Shortly before polling day in 1924, the infamous Zinoviev Letter was published in the Daily Mail. Ostensibly written in the Kremlin, it incited the British left to prepare for revolution. It was a forgery, but Labour was damaged and the Conservative Stanley Baldwin was elected Prime Minister. (more)

Brand new times at the BBC
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2008, 12.00am
Expert Eye: Bruce Dunlop and Adrian Monck assess the £550,000 rebrand of BBC News (more)

NYTimes.com: Q&A with Khoi Vinh, design director for NYTimes.com
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 30 2008, 11.52am
Vinh answers readers questions on what it takes to work for the newsroom of NYTimes.com and the design details of the online edition. In the feature, Vinh admits the paper looks to other news websites for inspiration and gives Guardian.co.uk in particular. "We draw inspiration from what's happening in digital media at large, regardless of whether or not a news organization is explicitly involved," adds Vinh. (more)

The Times offers prepay 'eccount' card
From Media Guardian. Posted April 28 2008, 1.21pm
The Times has become the latest national newspaper to offer readers a prepaid payment card, a trend started by the Daily Mirror. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Financial Times Middle East edition launches in the United Arab Emirates
From Media Guardian. Posted April 28 2008, 10.19am
The Financial Times is launching a new Middle East regional edition based in the United Arab Emirates. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Financial Times launches Middle East edition
From Press Gazette. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
The Financial Times has announced the launch of a Middle East edition, available from tomorrow. (more)

The Sunday Times Rich List 2008
From The Times. Posted April 27 2008, 12.00am
To find out the 150 richest people in Britain, click here . (more)

Telegraph columnist Rachel Sylvester joins Times
From Media Guardian. Posted April 25 2008, 10.24am
The Times has hired Daily Telegraph columnist Rachel Sylvester as a political columnist. By Stephen Brook (more)

Pearson confident of Financial Times Group profit growth
From Media Guardian. Posted April 25 2008, 10.03am
Financial Times owner Pearson said it was expecting continued profit growth at the newspaper group this year. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Financial Times expects another year of profit growth
From Press Gazette. Posted April 25 2008, 12.00am
The Financial Times is expecting to increase its profits again this year, despite uncertainty in the global financial markets, according to parent company Pearson. (more)

Formby Times reporter conquers fear of giving blood
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 24 2008, 8.20am
"I had never donated before and felt rather guilty about it" (more)

Desperate times at Channel 4 but Andy Duncan's pay doubles
From The Times. Posted April 23 2008, 11.50pm
Its profits collapsed to £1.6 million and it was embroiled in race and phone-in rows, but Andy Duncan, the chief executive of Channel 4, still managed to double his salary to £1.2 million. (more)

Newspaper Awards winners - Timesonline.co.uk named eNews Site of the Year
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 23 2008, 1.17pm
Timesonline.co.uk was named Electronic News Site of the Year at last night's Newspaper Awards held at the London Hilton. The Best Use of New Media prize went to local newspaper Hull Daily Mail's site thisisyourmail.co.uk. The Financial Times, fresh from wins at this months British Press Awards, won its third National Newspaper of the Year award of [...] (more)

New York Times chairman denies reports it is for sale
From Financial Times. Posted April 22 2008, 7.17pm
The chairman of the New York Times told shareholders the company was not for sale, disputing speculation that a prolonged slump in the newspaper industry made it vulnerable to outside buyers (more)

GCap network weekday daytimes
From Radio Today. Posted April 22 2008, 4.40pm
Radio Today can exclusively reveal that GCap are to introduce a network show to weekday daytimes on The One Network. The three hour programme will begin at the end of June, although the programme to be networked has not yet been decided. (more)

Financial Times Group to launch Chinese-language title
From Media Guardian. Posted April 22 2008, 10.10am
The Financial Times Group is to launch a Chinese-language magazine, the first such venture by a wholly-owned foreign company. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

New voices to join call for change at NY Times
From Financial Times. Posted April 21 2008, 6.17pm
The rise of two investors to the board comes at a time when the newspaper is under pressure (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)

My fight to keep Dennis's killer line in Times' finished article
From Press Gazette. Posted April 21 2008, 12.00am
Ginny Dougary reveals the story behind her explosive Times interview with magazine mogul Felix Dennis, and how she kept his murder claim in it (more)

FT: NY Times losses further highlight decline for print
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 18 2008, 11.45am
A near ten per cent drop in print advertising revenue has caused the New York Times Co to register a loss in the first quarter - further highlighting the continued sharp decline of the US print newspaper industry. The Times lost $350,000, or less than 1 cent per share, after recording a profit of $23.9m, or 17 cents per share, during the same period a year earlier - the FT said. The company attributed the losses to a slowing economy compounding the overall struggle the newspaper industry is having as readers and advertisers migrate to the internet. (more)

New York Times loss highlights print decline
From Financial Times. Posted April 17 2008, 6.45pm
The New York Times Company swung to a loss in the first quarter amid a 9.2 per cent drop in print advertising that highlighted the continued decline of US newspapers (more)

NY Times loss highlights print decline
From Financial Times. Posted April 17 2008, 6.45pm
The New York Times Company swung to a loss in the first quarter amid a 9.2 per cent drop in print advertising that highlighted the continued decline of US newspapers (more)

Times titles halve annual losses after reducing redundancy bill
From Media Guardian. Posted April 16 2008, 12.34pm
Losses at Times Newspapers almost halved last year as the papers took a reduced hit on the cost of redundancies at its printing operations. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

March ABCs: Financial Times hit by chilly climate
From Media Guardian. Posted April 11 2008, 1.30pm
The Financial Times finally succumbed to the downward sales trend afflicting the quality daily sector, recording a 1.3% year-on-year decline. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Times veteran Sandra Parsons joins Daily Mail
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2008, 1.52pm
Long-serving Times features executive Sandra Parsons is leaving to join the Daily Mail - just a month after the paper promoted her. By Stephen Brook (more)

Evening Times Features in Newsquest Annual Awards
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted April 9 2008, 8.05am
The Evening Times was commended in the Newspaper of The Year section in the annual, UK-wide awards contest run by its parent company, Newsquest. And in the Photographer of the Year section, a highly-commended (effectively runner-up) award went to the paper’s staffman, Marc Turner. ... (more)

Financial Times wins newspaper of the year at the British Press Awards
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2008, 7.30am
The Financial Times won newspaper of the year at last night's British Press Awards and the Sun's Tom Newton Dunn was among the other big winners, collecting four prizes. By Stephen Brook (more)

Glasgow Evening Times to launch third wave of community sites
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 7 2008, 11.00pm
Thirty six community sites to be in operation by Monday as part of a plan to roll out 80 across the city (more)

Style columnist Tyler Brûlé returns to Financial Times
From Media Guardian. Posted April 3 2008, 6.12am
Style columnist Tyler Brûlé is returning to the Financial Times as part of the newspaper's revamped weekend paper, FT Weekend. By Stephen Brook (more)

Hollinger and Sun-Times settle disputes
From Financial Times. Posted March 26 2008, 12.31am
The Sun-Times Media Group, a former cornerstone in Conrad Black's old newspaper empire, said it has agreed to settle various disputes and litigation with its controlling shareholder, Hollinger Inc (more)

Financial Times to relaunch FT Wealth
From Press Gazette. Posted March 20 2008, 12.00am
The Financial Times is to give its FT Wealth supplement an upmarket relaunch to target the interests of the “very wealthy” global citizens. (more)

More Community Websites Being Launched by Evening Times
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted March 19 2008, 8.25am
Glasgow evening newspaper, the Evening Times, is today adding a further dozen community-based websites to the 12 it launched at the beginning of the month. As part of a target 80 such websites by the end of the year, the paper launched, on the third of the month, sites serving Cardonald,... (more)

Second wave of community websites launched today by Evening Times
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 19 2008, 8.25am
Plans for the "second dozen" were accelerated after feedback from readers (more)

Hattersley returns to Sunday Times
From Media Guardian. Posted March 19 2008, 7.17am
Arena editor Giles Hattersley is to move back to the Sunday Times just a year after he left to take charge of the Bauer men's magazine. By John Plunkett (more)

Arena editor returns to Sunday Times
From Press Gazette. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
Giles Hattersley, editor of Bauer’s men’s monthly Arena, is to return to the Sunday Times after only a year at helm of the title. (more)

NYT Times lets 'outsiders' on to board
From Press Gazette. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
For the first time The New York Times is allowing "outsiders" on its board. (more)

Price cut and price rise pay off for Sun and Financial Times
From Press Gazette. Posted March 16 2008, 12.00am
The Sun’s 20p price-cutting strategy helped it achieve a second consecutive year-on-year rise in circulation in February – with sales up 0.15 per cent to 3,077,060. (more)

My Week: Michael Smith, Defence writer, Sunday Times
From Press Gazette. Posted March 14 2008, 12.00am
It was Harry, Harry, Harry for two days after the story broke, so the Sunday papers had to be more resourceful to move it on (more)

Google News gave Financial Times 75 per cent traffic boost
From Press Gazette. Posted March 12 2008, 12.00am
Traditional media companies should not fear Google but work with it to increase online audiences, the search engine's European head of media and publishing partnerships has told an industry conference. (more)

Financial Times shows only gain in quality market
From Media Guardian. Posted March 7 2008, 1.51pm
February ABCs: The Financial Times was the only quality daily newspaper to gain sales year on year in February. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Financial Times profit doubles to £56 million
From Press Gazette. Posted March 3 2008, 12.00am
FT publishing – which includes the Financial Times and FT.com – reported adjusted operating profit up 107 per cent year-on-year to £56 million on turnover up 23 per cent to £344 million. (more)

Evening Times launches network of community websites
From Press Gazette. Posted March 3 2008, 12.00am
The Glasgow Evening Times is launching a network of up to 80 community websites covering every major district in the city. (more)

New York Times suffers backlash over McCain romance story
From Press Gazette. Posted February 25 2008, 12.00am
The New York Times is being swamped by a flood of telephone and email messages from readers, many of them irate over the story the paper ran about Senator John McCain, the leading Republican candidate for the US presidency, suggesting he... (more)

New York Times backlash over McCain romance story
From Press Gazette. Posted February 25 2008, 12.00am
The New York Times is being swamped by a flood of telephone and email messages from readers, many of them irate over a story the paper ran about Senator John McCain. (more)

Financial Times launches social network for £1,700-a-member
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 25 2008, 12.00am
Social network aimed at media and technology executives will cost £1,700-a-year to join (more)

Financial Times launches social network with £1,700 membership fee
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 25 2008, 12.00am
Social network aimed at media and technology executives will cost £1,700-a-year to join (more)

Was New York Times right to publish John McCain affair story?
From Press Gazette. Posted February 22 2008, 12.00am
Did the New York Times – whose slogan is All the News That’s Fit to Print – err when it ran a front page story suggesting that the number one contender for the Republican Party nomination for the Presidency Senator John McCain once had... (more)

Oxford Times moves with the times
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 21 2008, 9.30am
Broadsheet weekly switches to tabloid but "values remain the same" (more)

Bury Times appoints first female editor
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 21 2008, 3.25am
Digital development editor takes on new challenge (more)

Oxford Times follows trend to go tabloid
From Press Gazette. Posted February 20 2008, 12.00am
The Oxford Times is the latest regional newspaper to go tabloid, bringing the number of UK paid-for regional titles that have made the switch in the past year to six. (more)

NY Times to slash 100 editorial jobs
From Financial Times. Posted February 15 2008, 1.52am
The New York Times is planning to cut about 100 editorial positions this year, underlining the quickening pace of lay-offs at newspapers as the slowing economy weighs on advertising (more)

Financial Times hires Patrick Jenkins as companies editor
From Press Gazette. Posted February 15 2008, 12.00am
The Financial Times has appointed Patrick Jenkins as companies editor and assistant editor, leaving his two-year post as international company news editor. (more)

Tribune, Gannett, Hearst and NY Times Co join forces to sell US web ads
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 15 2008, 12.00am
Deal announced as news of further job cuts in the NY Times newsroom comes to light    (more)

Shetland Times appoints new editor
From Media Guardian. Posted February 14 2008, 5.10pm
Former Daily Mail journalist Paul Riddell has been appointed as the new editor of the Shetland Times. By Jemima Kiss. (more)

Times Mobile hires Brigid Callaghan as its new editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 13 2008, 12.00am
Brigid Callaghan becomes editor of Times Mobile    (more)

Times Mobile appoints Brigid Callaghan as its new editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 13 2008, 12.00am
Brigid Callaghan becomes editor of Times Mobile    (more)

Post & Times boss to step down
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 12 2008, 12.20am
Editor with 40 years as local journalist and author to become columnist at Midlands title (more)

Sometimes you can't even give it away
From Media Guardian. Posted February 10 2008, 12.26am
'Circulation?' said one of Fleet Street's top executives the other day. 'I can give you circulation. It's just a question of spending money' (more)

Tristan Davies joins Sunday Times
From Media Guardian. Posted February 7 2008, 11.20am
Former Independent on Sunday editor Tristan Davies has been appointed executive editor of the Sunday Times. By Stephen Brook (more)

Testing times for L'Unità newspaper
From Financial Times. Posted February 4 2008, 10.03pm
The publication that rose and fell with the Italian Communist party has gone through such a revival that it is now facing a takeover bid by the Angelucci family, industrialists who run a rightwing tabloid (more)

Reuters pull out of deal with Times Now
From Biz Asia. Posted February 1 2008, 10.13pm
According to reports, a joint venture between Reuters and Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd in Times Global Broadcasting has come to an end. The partnership owned and operated English news channel Times Now. IndianTelevision reported that Thursday marked the last day that Reuters, which holds a 26 per cent stake in Times Global Broadcasting, would be contributing monetarily to Times Now's operating costs. At this stage it is not clear as to why the venture turned sour but rumours doing the rounds suggest editorial differences led to parting the ways for the two companies. (more)

Sunday Times makes Kate Walsh its new business reporter
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 31 2008, 12.00am
Walsh moves from City AM to The Sunday Times to become its new business reporter    (more)

Former Times journalist edits WSJ lifestyle mag
From Press Gazette. Posted January 29 2008, 12.00am
Veteran British women's magazine journalist Tina Gaudoin has been appointed editor of a new quarterly lifestyle magazine that the Wall Street Journal is planning to launch. (more)

New category helps Cordner 2008 awards to move with the times
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 28 2008, 1.55pm
The Cordner North East Press Awards mark their 30th year of activity in 2008 with a refreshed line-up http://rss.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/newsindex.shtml?rss (more)

New category helps Cordner 2008 awards move with the times
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 28 2008, 12.00am
The Cordner North East Press Awards mark their 30th year of activity in 2008 with a refreshed line-up (more)

NYTimes launches text message news service
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 25 2008, 12.00am
Text message delivery of articles is next step in mobile strategy, says the paper    (more)

Blogs should not replace newspaper columns, says former Times editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 23 2008, 12.00am
Blogs are 'bar room chats', while columns are 'collect essays', Simon Jenkins tells House of Lords Committee    (more)

Regulatory trusts at Times are 'waste of time', says Andrew Neil
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 23 2008, 12.00am
Regulatory trusts at Times Newspapers are 'a complete waste of time and regulatory effort', according to former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil    (more)

Times appoints business editor
From Media Guardian. Posted January 21 2008, 1.08pm
Times editor James Harding has appointed FT journalist David Wighton as business and city editor. By Stephen Brook (more)

LA Times editor leaves amid cuts row
From Media Guardian. Posted January 21 2008, 10.31am
Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea has left the newspaper in a dispute over $4m (£2.1m) newsroom budget cuts, according to reports. By Mark Sweney (more)

Times Higher Education calls time on Murdoch era with bold revamp
From Press Gazette. Posted January 21 2008, 12.00am
?Times Higher Education has undergone a dramatic relaunch, moving from newsprint to a magazine format and stripping itself of any ties to its former owner, Rupert Murdoch. (more)

FT's David Wighton is new Times City editor
From Press Gazette. Posted January 21 2008, 12.00am
The Times has appointed the Financial Times's New York bureau chief David Wighton as its business and City editor. (more)

Revolving doors: Economist Intelligent Life, ITV West, Glasgow Evening Times
From Press Gazette. Posted January 20 2008, 12.00am
?The Economist’s quarterly lifestyle magazine, Intelligent Life, has appointed former assistant to the late fashion doyen Isabella Blow as fashion and retail editor. Mary Fellowes will commission content for Flair, the magazine’s newly introduced... (more)

Sunday Times' Skipworth poached for Telegraph sport role
From Press Gazette. Posted January 15 2008, 12.00am
The Daily Telegraph has poached Sunday Times managing editor (news) Mark Skipworth to be executive editor (sport). (more)

Sunday Times expected to run apology
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2008, 5.55pm
The Sunday Times is expected to print an apology after its Style magazine plagiarised material from US pop culture magazine Radar. By Stephen Brook (more)

Financial Times posts only December gain of qualities
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2008, 1.18pm
The Financial Times continued its strong run with a 2.62% increase last month, the only daily quality paper to record a year-on-year circulation rise. By Mark Sweney (more)

Financial Times only quality to see sales rise
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2008, 1.18pm
December ABCs: The Financial Times continued its strong run with a 2.62% increase last month, the only daily quality paper to record a year-on-year circulation rise. By Mark Sweney (more)

Richmond and Twickenham Times goes tabloid in full-colour redesign
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2008, 12.00am
The Richmond and Twickenham Times has gone tabloid and full-colour in a major redesign of the Newsquest-owned paper in west London. (more)

Sunday Times article copied US list
From Media Guardian. Posted January 10 2008, 7.11am
The Sunday Times ran an article at the weekend that plagiarised material from an American magazine, it has emerged. By Stephen Brook (more)

New Times editor Harding reshuffles editorial pack
From Press Gazette. Posted January 10 2008, 12.00am
New Times editor James Harding has reshufffled his editorial pack just over a month after taking over Robert Thomson. (more)

New York Times and CNBC in alliance
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2008, 10.08am
The New York Times and business channel CNBC have struck a deal to share news and video clips online as both companies prepare for battle against Rupert Murdoch. By Mark Sweney (more)

NY Times and CNBC unite against News Corp
From Financial Times. Posted January 7 2008, 7.35pm
Cable business network CNBC and the New York Times have joined forces to create an alliance against Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (more)

New York Times and CNBC to share web content
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 7 2008, 12.00am
NYTimes.com articles will appear on CNBC, which will share videos with the newspaper site    (more)

Thomas Flack appointed online editor for Insurance Times
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 2 2008, 12.00am
Mr Flack moves to his new post from a reporting role on the Newsquest Specialist Media title    (more)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...
From Media Guardian. Posted December 29 2007, 11.42pm
James Robinson looks at the media types who made a splash in 2007 - and others whose careers took an unwelcome detour (more)

Financial Times named newspaper of the year
From Financial Times. Posted December 22 2007, 2.00am
The Financial Times has been named newspaper of the year by the What The Papers Say awards, capping a year in which the title has bucked a trend of declining... (more)

Hendon Times challenges gagging order on adult defendant's ID
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 21 2007, 12.00am
Children and Young Persons Act order allows adult to remain anonymous (more)

Video: Cynthina Farrar, of Purple States.tv, talks about citizen journalism videos available through op-ed pages of NYTimes.com
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 19 2007, 12.00am
Cynthina Farrar, producer with Purplestates.tv, explains how non-professional reporters working with her new company put together nearly a dozen video pieces    (more)

Video: Cynthia Farrar, of Purple States.tv, talks about citizen journalism videos available through op-ed pages of NYTimes.com
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 19 2007, 12.00am
Cynthia Farrar, producer with Purplestates.tv, explains how non-professional reporters working with her new company put together nearly a dozen video pieces    (more)