Newspaper Publishing

10th March 2010

Google’s Chief Economist: “Newspapers Have Never Made Much Money From News”

Google chief economist Hal Varian gave a presentation to an FTC workshop on the changing economics of the newspaper industry. (TechCrunch) Read more...

10th March 2010

Newspaper Society cancels its regional awards

Regional press trade body the Newspaper Society has confirmed that it will not be holding its Circulation, Editorial and Promotions Awards again this year. (Source: Press Gazette) Read more...

10th March 2010

Financial Times Considering Placing Video Content Behind Pay Wall, Adding More Videos

Last week, we told you that the Financial Times was considering turning to PayPal as a means of allowing readers to pay for subscriptions to online content. (Source: MediaBistro) Read more...

9th March 2010

Newspapers over-dependent on advertising, says Publicis boss

Maurice Levy tells Abu Dhabi Media Summit: 'It's not enough to have a big audience on the internet' (Source: Guardian) Read more...

7th March 2010

New York Times to Launch Lunchtime Web Video Show

Newspapers are looking to break into video in the states at prime online viewing time (Source: MediaBistro) Read more...

7th March 2010

Pearson profits rise by 13% as FT publisher embraces digital future

Scardino rules out sale of Financial Times but offers no update on Interactive Data (Source: Indepentent on Sunday) Read more...

3rd March 2010

Financial Times Website Turns To PayPal

CEO John Ridding announced that FT.com would look into accepting payments for its content via PayPal. (Source:MediaBistro) Read more...

2nd March 2010

Financial Times Extends Brand, Looks Into Online Micropayments

Financial Times deputy CEO and global commercial director Ben Hughes says the company will continue to expand its brand and push for paid content (Source: MediaBistro) Read more...

2nd March 2010

Rupert Murdoch Announces The Wall Street Journal Will Launch "Feisty" New York Edition In April

Rupert Murdoch, media mogul and Ask Jeeves user, acknowledged to the Real Estate Board of New York that The Wall Street Journal will soon offer a New York edition. (Source:MediaBistro) Read more...

2nd March 2010

FT CEO says improving ad trend continues

The Financial Times has seen a positive trend in advertising sales continue into the current quarter (Source: Reuters) Read more...