“The London Evening Standard’s second day as a free newspaper did not go as smoothly as the first, after its distributors were forced off the streets of Kensington and Chelsea because they did not have correct permits,” reports the Independent. The situation has now been resolved, a spokesperson from the Standard said.
Tags: free newspapers, Independent, london evening standard
Ah, Nieman Journalism Lab, how we love your full transcripts and audio.
Publishers must take back control of their content from search engines, aggregators and bloggers, which have become the ‘preferred customer destinations for breaking news’, the Associated Press (AP) president and chief executive Tom Curley told an industry summit in Beijing last week.
But as Nieman Journalism Lab reported on Friday, Curley was ‘far more revealing’ when he spoke without a prepared text on October 6 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong.
NJL is kindly sharing the audio and transcript.
Tags: AP, Associated Press, nieman journalism lab, Tom Curley
Following an extraordinary attempt by lawyers Carter-Ruck to stop the Guardian reporting a parliamentary question, due to an existing ‘super-injunction,’ this came from the Guardian’s editor, Alan Rusbridger last night:
“Full circle… How the #Guardian is reporting #Trafigura own goal tonight http://tinyurl.com/yl4quac”
“That media organisations were unable to report a parliamentary question was due to a so-called ‘super-injunction’ obtained by the notorious law firm Carter-Ruck on behalf of Trafigura, a large London-based trading company. A ‘super-injunction’ is one which not only prevents any publication, but which is itself secret. Search in vain for the case in the court lists of the high court in London: it appears only as ‘RJW and SJW v The Guardian’. Under its terms, the Guardian was prevented from publishing a certain document: it was also banned from revealing that Trafigura had been to court to obtain an injunction. When we became aware that the existence of this order had been mentioned in a parliamentary question we sought to vary the terms of the injunction. We were advised by Carter-Ruck that publication would place us in contempt of court.”
What do you think about so-called ‘super-injunctions’? Let us know: via @journalismnews, in the comments, or via judith or laura [at] journalism.co.uk.
Tags: #trafigura, Alan Rusbridger, carter-ruck, super injunctions
Bloomberg will acquire BusinessWeek magazine from McGraw-Hill Cos, it was announced yesterday. The terms of the arrangement were not made public, but ‘knowledgeable sources’ said the price is between $2 million and $5 million, reports BusinessWeek.
The BusinessWeek sales process has had ‘plenty of turns’ over the last three months, paidContent comments. It charts the sale to Bloomberg though its archive of links.
Tags: Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, mcgraw-hill cos
Tracy Boyer’s ‘top 10′ list of guides for web developers and multimedia producers.
Tags: innovative interactivity, Tracy Boyer
#FollowJourn: David Leigh
Who? Investigations executive editor, the Guardian.
What? Relatively new to Twitter, but he’s seeing its potential fast, with tweets like these: “It appears that carter-ruck have suddenly decided to abandon the fight. no court after all.”
Where? @davidleigh3
Contact? Via the Guardian.
Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips every day, we’re recommending journalists to follow online too. They might be from any sector of the industry: please send suggestions (you can nominate yourself) to judith or laura at journalism.co.uk; or to @journalismnews.
Tags: #followjourn, david leigh
In radio? Try these tips for re-inventing radio news by Justin Kings. Tipster: Judith Townend.
To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link – we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.
Tags: Justin Kings, radio, tips
The chief executive of the youth charity The Prince’s Trust, Martina Milburn, is to join the Board of Trustees of Media Trust, it was announced today.
Media Trust works with media organisations and charities to improve communications, and help raise the profiles of communities through training, funding and additional resources.
Existing board members include Dawn Airey, chief executive of Channel Five; Tony Ball, Chairman of Kabel Deutschland; Jon Snow, Channel 4 news journalist; Mark Thompson, director-general of the BBC; Jane Reed, director of Times Newspapers; and Andy Duncan, chief executive of Channel 4.
“I’ve had an association with Media Trust for many years, and I’m absolutely delighted to have been offered the opportunity to join the Board of Trustees,” said Milburn. “I am really looking forward to helping further their cause in supporting charities and the Third Sector.”
Andy Duncan, chairman of Media Trust’s Board of Trustees, said: “Martina has a wealth of knowledge and experience as a result of her extraordinary career and which will prove invaluable to Media Trust and further enhance its work.”
Tags: Andy Duncan, martina milburn, media trust
Bloomberg has launched a new-Japanese language version of its website offering news, photos, graphics for a Japanese audience and tools for tracking the Japanese market.
Below is a screenshot of the new site, bloomberg.co.jp:
Full details of the new site can be found in the Bloomberg release at this link.
Tags: Bloomberg, Japan
In a pre-emptive attempt to fill the gap that will be left when Conde Nast closes luxury food publication Gourmet, a collection of (predominantly North American) food and drink journalists have launched a new site.
Zester Daily will cover ‘all aspects of what we eat and drink’, according to a press release.
The site has been set-up by former LA Times writer Corie Brown and plans to create a network of professional contributors.
Most interestingly, the site says: “Zester Daily uses an innovative financial model, in which every writer is invested in its success.” The release suggests that, while the site will be primarily advertising-funded, writers will take part in some form of revenue-share. “[M]embers are rewarded based on their reputations and their ability to find an audience for their work,” says the release.
Tags: gourmet, Zester Daily
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