headlines
IRS seeking $300 million from Tribune Co. sale of Newsday, probe may extend to sale of sports team
19 June 2013 | FortuneReport to Indian parliament says information ministry failed to curb “paid news”, recommends regulation, penalties
19 June 2013 | The Hindu
U.K. newspapers’ print advertising revenues predicted to drop by £400 million by end of 2014, regionals to see biggest losses
19 June 2013 | The Guardian
Postmedia Network chief executive says readers must pay more for content
19 June 2013 | Marketing Magazine
U.K. Times retires its free opinion Tumblr site after it fails to generate enough paid subscriptions
19 June 2013 | Nieman Journalism Lab
Media24’s Afrikaans newspapers move to centralise newsroom operations
19 June 2013 | The Media Online
Advertising and Marketing
Google to hold more than 50% of U.S. mobile ad market in 2013
18 June 2013 | Associated Press
Aol introduces platform that uses webcams to allow brands to track viewers’ reactions to digital video ads
18 June 2013 | Mediaweek.co.uk
Advertisers in India turn to vernacular print and digital outlets in search for new markets
18 June 2013 | afaqs!
Audience
Patch traffic has remained flat since May 2012 despite heavy investment by Aol
14 June 2013 | Business Insider
Trinity Mirror moves 3 more regional titles to monthly circulation audits
12 June 2013 | inPublishing
Only 2 Trinity Mirror regional titles show gains as group posts first monthly audit figures
11 June 2013 | Press Gazette
Content
Financial Times to offer education customers royalty-free republishing rights to its articles
18 June 2013 | inPublishing
Some Washington Post-owned community newspapers to move to paid access
17 June 2013 | Poynter
Facebook to introduce hashtag support for users, marketers
13 June 2013 | MediaPost
Corporate Strategy
Telegraaf Media Groep outlines new corporate strategy, including closure of low-growth classified platforms
17 June 2013 | AIM Group
Express Newspapers to create 40 new online editorial positions in digital-first strategy push
12 June 2013 | The Guardian
News Corp. shareholders approve spin-off of publishing assets into separate company
12 June 2013 | Bloomberg
Earnings and Finances
Tribune Co. advertising revenue dropped 6% in 2012, circulation revenue up 8%
18 June 2013 | Poynter
Fairfax Media promises additional A$50 million in cost savings by 2015, no drop in print frequency
10 June 2013 | Sydney Morning Herald
Fairfax warns of further revenue drops, pledges deeper cost-cutting
07 June 2013 | Australian Associated Press
Labour
Local World begins merging reporting, copy-editing functions, job losses expected
13 June 2013 | Press Gazette
U.K. Times to cut 20 positions as daily, Sunday operations merge and News Corp. subsidies end
11 June 2013 | The Telegraph
West Australian Newspapers to eliminate up to 100 positions in latest round of cost-cutting
11 June 2013 | ABC
Launches and Transactions
Tentative €1.2 million agreement reached for Sunday Business Post, will involve 30% cost cuts
14 June 2013 | Irish Times
Johnston Press, STV partner to launch fixed-fee recruitment service in Scotland
14 June 2013 | inPublishing
Tribune Co. newspaper sale could be complicated by company’s stake in digital classified companies
14 June 2013 | Chicago Business Journal
Media
New Irish Times start-up challenge focuses on developing new forms of digital advertising
18 June 2013 | Journalism.co.uk
Ecuador legislature approves curbs on news media
17 June 2013 | The New York Times
Twitter makes its analytics tools available for free to all users
17 June 2013 | The Next Web
Platforms
Google to begin lowering search rankings for sites that don’t optimise for smartphones
14 June 2013 | Internet2Go
U.S. desktop digital ad spending predicted to decline in 2014, will be overtaken by mobile
13 June 2013 | Advertising Age
Report predicts global spending on mobile Internet access will overtake fixed-line spending by 2015
11 June 2013 | The Media Briefing
Research
Google seen better positioned than incumbent measurement techniques to deliver large-scale digital audience data
20 May 2013 | Monday Note
U.S. university opens centre to develop new measurements of media impact
29 April 2013 | The New York Times
comScore launches cross-platform reporting system
27 March 2013 | AIM Group
