CrainsNewYork: Daily News refutes blog post predicting its demise

There’s been a lot of interest in this list which appeared on Time.com: ‘The 10 Most Endangered Newspapers in America’ (originally from the 24/7 Wall Street blog, it seems).

Now, this, from Crain’s New York Business.com: a rebuttal from the Daily News chief executive, Marc Kramer. ‘Every so-called fact [in the post] is wrong,’ Crain’s reports Kramer as saying. Full story at this link…

Earlier in the week, a post on Cleveland.com reported the Plain Dealer publisher Terrance Egger’s comments, which also dismiss the predictions.

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NUJ Release: Johnston Press strikers go south

Full release at this link…

Also, a photograph of the protest over at Jon Slattery’s blog.

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IdiocracyIndex.com: ‘Stewart vs Cramer and CNBC Timeline’

Lost track of the feud between the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer? This handy video timeline comes from ‘Hoard’ on IdiocracyIndex.com.

Full story at this link…

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BBCWorldService: New language micro-sites for Africa

Further to our report on developments at the BBC College of Journalism, here are links to five new language micro-sites for Africa – collaborations between the College and the BBC World Service:

Hausa, Portuguese for Africa, Somali, Kinyarwanda and Kirundi.

The announcement said: “The College of Journalism’s language project started in January 2008 and has since then launched 23 external language sites. These include Arabic, Farsi, Chinese and Hindi.”

Full story at this link…

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ABCNews: Journalism students ‘don’t read papers’

This, from Australian news broadcaster, ABC: “a survey of Australian journalism students found 90 per cent of students do not like reading the newspaper, preferring to source news from commercial television or online media.

ABC reports that “the journalists of the future are rapidly moving away from traditional news services, saying they are impractical compared to new media.”

Full story at this link…

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Reuters: ‘Johnston Press 2009 ad revenues slump 36 per cent’

“British regional newspaper group Johnston Press axed its final 2008 dividend on Wednesday after saying its advertising revenues in 2009 to date were down 36 per cent,” Reuters reports.

“The group, which has been especially hard hit by its high exposure to local classified advertising and sectors such as employment, housing and motoring, posted 2008 results in line with forecasts, with operating profit down 28 per cent.”

Full story at this link…

and another report from MediaGuardian at this link.

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Radio 4 Today’s ‘viral’ ad

Embedded for your viewing pleasure: the new ad from the folks at the Radio 4 Today programme, which gives us valuable insight into the presenters’ costume and make-up choices. Self-proclaimed as ‘viral,‘ a definition already disputed in the Twittersphere, it’ll be interesting to see how popular it is and whether their attempt to create a viral ad works. The background to the project at this link.

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Local media: Looking for local bloggers and independent news sites in your area? Try Justin William’s Google map of local news sites. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link – we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

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NiemanJournalismLab: ‘Newspapers, like kindergartners, need to share’

Joshua Benton interviews his old boss, executive editor of the Toledo Blade, Ron Royhab, “about how the sharing has evolved, how it has changed the way newspapers chase stories, and whether there might be a way to monetize the work they do.” Video with transcript highlights. Full story at this link…

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BusinessInsider.com: 27 publishers look at advertising banner alternatives

“27 publishers with a reach of about 109 million unique visitors per month – that’s 66 per cent of the total US internet audience – have agreed to try one of three new online ad formats sometime before July,” reports the Silicon Alley Insider.

This post gives examples of what one of those advertising formats could look like and the full list of publishers. Full post at this link…

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