Google News Tax Could Boost Local Papers, Report Says
From paidContent:UK. Posted March 13 2010, 1.01pm
By Randeep Ramesh: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other websites that carry news they do not produce should be taxed and the money generated used to prop up local newspapers, says a report which warns control of the media is concentrated in too few hands. (more)

Bonus of $22m for Apple's Cook
From Financial Times. Posted March 13 2010, 2.00am
Apple said it had awarded Tim Cook, chief operating officer, $22m in cash and restricted stock as a bonus for his performance in the six months that he ran the company... (more)

News Corp speculation lifts BSkyB
From Financial Times. Posted March 13 2010, 2.00am
British Sky Broadcasting provided the main talking point on a flat day for the FTSE 100. BSkyB gained on market speculation that Rupert Murdoch's News... (more)

Speculation of News Corp buy-out boosts BSkyB
From Financial Times. Posted March 13 2010, 2.00am
British Sky Broadcasting provided the main talking point on a flat day for the FTSE 100. BSkyB gained on market speculation that Rupert Murdoch's News... (more)

Politics puts fast spin on Indian cricket
From Financial Times. Posted March 13 2010, 2.00am
It was yet another high-profile international commercial deal for the Indian Premier League. Lalit Modi, the effusive chairman of India's flashy cricket tournament,... (more)

Politics puts fast spin on Indian cricket
From Financial Times. Posted March 13 2010, 2.00am
It was yet another high-profile international commercial deal for the Indian Premier League. Lalit Modi, the effusive chairman of India's flashy cricket tournament,... (more)

Google '99% certain' to shut China search engine
From Financial Times. Posted March 13 2010, 2.00am
Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now "99.9 per cent" certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the... (more)

Perfect time for buying property was 1996
From The Times. Posted March 12 2010, 10.23pm
Profiting from property is all about timing — and the best year since 1953 to have bought a home that you still own was 1996, according to research conducted for The Times by Savills From then until now, homeowners have enjoyed average annual gains of 6. (more)

Independent apologises for ’seriously defamatory’ headline
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 12 2010, 5.51pm
Independent News & Media has apologised for a “seriously defamatory” headline on a comment piece by blogger and writer Zoe Margolis published in the Independent on Sunday [see background here]. (more)

Print publishers show off iPad ideas
From Media Guardian. Posted March 12 2010, 5.33pm
Print publishers are hopeful the iPad will hit the streets next month. There are already several test examples out there. Some blend print and online as BERG's version for the innovative Swedish publishing house Bonnier shows, others ues a more online approach as the video of De Telegraaf shows. (more)

Video: Murdoch: Newspaper Ad Model Isn't Dead
From paidContent:UK. Posted March 12 2010, 5.21pm
News Corp.. (NYSE: NWS) Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch celebrates his 79th birthday with a cameo on his own Fox Business Network. Among the topics ... (more)

Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie denies giving critical interview
From Media Guardian. Posted March 12 2010, 4.55pm
Winnie Mandela claims 'he let us down' story in Evening Standard was 'fictitious' but paper stands by storyNelson Mandela's ex-wife has denied criticising the former South African president in a newspaper interview over his decision to accept the Nobel peace prize. (more)

The Greatest Fashion Show on Earth
From Press Release, via realwire. Posted March 12 2010, 4.25pm
On March 18th until 20th, Westfield London - in partnership with leading fashion magazine Sunday Times Style - is delighted to host The Greatest Fashion Show on Earth. (more)

AFP: Online pay model will be ‘critical second revenue stream’ says Sulzberger
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 12 2010, 4.10pm
New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger says that charging for the paper’s online content will provide a “critical second revenue stream”. (more)

A patronising Question Time | Libby Brooks
From Media Guardian. Posted March 12 2010, 4.05pm
If the calibre of panellists on the women-only Question Time said anything, it's that the main parties aren't bothered about womenNow seriously, David, where was the dry white wine? If last night's women-only Question Time was genuinely supposed to a... (more)