Journalism Daily: Rue89′s Canadian expansion, WaPo’s WebCom and KNC 2010

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• Freelancer of the Fortnight: Julian Owen, UK
• Knight News Challenge 2010 opens call for applicants
• French news site Rue89 plans Canadian expansion
• Smart Moves: Will Gompertz to fill newly created arts editor position at BBC News

Editor’s picks:

• New York Times: New investigation into murder of Anna Politkovskaya
• Poynter Online: Washington Post’s new ‘WebCom’ comment system
• EditorsWeblog: Figaro group’s new financial news subscription service
• paidContent:UK: A pay-for BBC could backfire on its rivals
• Business Insider: Chart of the Day – US viewers ‘still watch remarkably more video on TV than phones or online’

#FollowJourn:

• #FollowJourn: @VicThompson

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Detainment of Reuters cameraman still unexplained – one year on
• Is there life after a journalism course? The Coventry Class of 2009 – Jason Craig
• Update: Newspaper Licensing Agency hits back at claim it is ‘taxing the internet’
• MSN UK signs up with PressDisplay to add newspaper e-editions to site
• Sky News ‘Leaders’ Debate’ campaign gathers pace – and criticism

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MSN UK signs up with PressDisplay to add newspaper e-editions to site

MSN UK will now feature its own version of PressDisplay.com, which provides an archive of digital editions of newspapers and magazines, according to a press release from earlier in the week.

PressDisplay, which is owned by newspaper distribution firm NewspaperDirect, features e-editions of titles including the Times, Guardian, Washington Post and the Australian.

The new feature on the web portal will be branded as MSN PressDisplay and will give users free access to the front page and two stories from any publication on the day of print. To access more stories and back issues, users will be required to register with PressDisplay and offered subscription offers, starting at 79p to buy a credit to view another article.

The service offers different packages for personal and corporate use including greater access to archived editions, for example, the £79.95 ‘Corporate Unlimited’ lets subscribers go back up to 60 days in the archive.

Titles can be searched by country, language or browsed alphabetically, and search preferences can be saved by individual users.

The service is compatible with iPhones, Blackberry and eReaders, the release said and also offers interactive features – such as the ability to comment on articles and share them via social networks or email.

“Together we have been able to deliver innovative features which give consumers access to a huge number of publications on the great NewspaperDirect interface. At a time when the survival of newspapers is being questioned we see this as a great outlet for newspaper content,” said Peter Bale, MSN executive producer, in the release.

MSN UK also recently launched its local news and information site MSN Local.

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Journalism Daily: Digital magazine store launch, MSN Local and new editor for the Sun

A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

News and features:

• MSN Local: Searching for stories in local data
• Yudu to launch online shop for magazine e-editions
• Smart Moves: Adrian Blomfield moves to the Telegraph

Ed’s picks:

• Jonathan Warren: Climate Camp, the Guardian and cit-j photos
• Adam Westbrook: 6×6 audio for freelance journalists
• Mediating Conflict: Twitter, journalists and hype
• YouTube Biz Blog: YouTube extends advertising partnerships to individuals
• 10,000 Words: ‘How Twitter saved my journalism career’
• Poynter Online: Building a brand as a journalist online
• Birmingham Post News Blog: ‘Why the Post must go weekly’
• Darlington Councillor: Council newspapers and a ‘one-eyed’ local press

Tip of the day:

• Training tips on iTunes

#FollowJourn:

• @Pixelsmith/news editor

On the Editors’ Blog:

• Tewspaper – the ‘online newspaper with no writers’
• Dominic Mohan named editor of the Sun

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Journalism Daily: Numbers for journalists, mydigitalnewspaper and a Newsquest redesign

Journalism.co.uk is trialling a new service via the Editors’ Blog: a daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site.

We hope you’ll find it useful as a quick digest of what’s gone on during the day (similar to our e-newsletter) and to check that you haven’t missed a posting.

We’ll be testing it out for a couple of weeks, so you can subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here.

Let us know what you think – all feedback much appreciated.

News and features:

• How to: get to grips with numbers as a journalist (part two)
• Newsquest relaunches websites for regional news network
• Pagesuite creates newspaper archive for e-editions
• Simon Mowbray leaves post as editorial director to go freelance

Tip of the day:

• Backing up Twitter

#FollowJourn:

• @rebeccamthomson/reporter

On the Editor’s Blog:

• PRCA launches petition against NLA’s backlink charging plans
• Archant announces 61.1% drop in profits

Editor’s Picks:

• Malcolm Coles: You can print from the FT, but don’t photocopy it
• Round-up: Charging for online – Murdoch and the FT
• MediaGuardian: In-depth interview with Enders Analysis’ Claire Enders
• Scottish Sun: Naming Baby P’s mum and step-dad

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MediaWeek: John Menzies shutters digital magazines arm

John Menzies has closed its digital magazines arm – MagazinesOnDemand.

“Digital magazines have not proved as popular as we had hoped and in this difficult economic climate it was not possible for us to continue trading,” a statement on a holding page on the company’s website reads.

In an interview with Journalism.co.uk in April, MOD’s managing director Sarah Clegg conceded that the outfit had not yet made a profit, but remained optimistic about the future of e-editions.

Full story at this link…

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Media In Canada: Sun Media rolls out 32 newspaper e-editions

Full e-edition of the titles will initially be available free of charge from the Canadian publisher, but will later move to a subscription access model.

As part of the launch readers will also be able to sign up for daily email news alerts and access the editions through mobile devices.

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