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Media Week: China Daily to launch newspaper in UK

Laura Oliver — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:54:56 +0000

English-language, state-owned Chinese newspaper the China Daily is launching a UK and European edition, according to Media Week.

The report suggests that the new China Daily European Weekly title will be launched tomorrow with a print run of 25,000 in the UK.

Full story on Media Week at this link…Similar Posts:

Milne Media: Opportunities in the Herald’s website merger

Laura Oliver — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:01:49 +0000

Shaun Milne sees the soon-to-be launched HeraldScotland site – a merger of the Herald and Sunday Herald websites – as a new opportunity: for design, for the papers to boost their audiences and for journalism graduates.

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South China Morning Post (via Editors Weblog): Hong Kong business papers launch paid-for websites

Laura Oliver — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:14:17 +0000

The Hong Kong Economic Journal and Hong Kong Economic Times have both launched new websites with paid-for access models.

Subscribers to the Times’ site, who will pay HKD598 (£49) a year, will have access to full pages of the newspaper, a three-year archive and real-time markets coverage.Similar Posts:

Liverpool Echo relaunches print edition

Stuart Goodwin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:56:39 +0000

As of today the Liverpool Echo hits newsstands showcasing a new style. The Trinity Mirror regional title has undergone a major face-lift after consultations with its readership.

In a statement on the paper’s website, editor Ali Machray said the local paper needed to reflect the the city’s current vibe:

“There’s a buzz about Liverpool right now. And there’s a buzz about an Echo that will bring you everything that reflects the amazing resurgence of our city and its people.”

The new look publication will feature brand new education and health sections, a section for women and comprehensive local football content. It will also sport a new design featuring a new masthead and cleaner layout.

Following last week’s launch of The Birmingham Post’s ‘Post Mobile’ service, this week sees Trinity Mirror’s Newcastle Journal and Evening Chronicle follow suit with their own news services for mobile.

Plans are still on course for Trinity to have 13 of publications active on mobile by the end of the year.Similar Posts:

New York Times expands video online

Laura Oliver — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:14:13 +0000

NYTimes.com has developed a new video player to allow clips to be embedded in more sections of the site.

The player, which uses technology from Brightcove, will make video available on the homepage, individual article pages and on the site’s blogs, a release from the title said. The player also lets users send footage to social networks and bookmarking sites, including Digg, Facebook and LinkedIn.

As part of a video overhaul, the Times’ video library has been redesigned and a regularly updated list of ‘most viewed’ clips now features on the site.

“Demand for high-quality video is on the rise across the web from both our users and our advertisers,” said Nicholas Ascheim, vice president of product management for NYTimes.com, in the release.

“To meet this need, we have upgraded our technology, increased our production values and given video even more prominence across the site.”

According to the release, the Times produces 100 videos a month, while also featuring content from Reuters, CNBC, MSNBC and Bloggingheads.tv.

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Launch-time round-up: TotalFilm.com revamps; Politick magazine targets 18-35s; ecoforyou launches

Laura Oliver — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:47:47 +0000

A press release courtesy of magazine publisher Future tells of the relaunch of TotalFilm.com – complete with a new editorial team for online.

Andy Lowe, acting digital editor, and George Walter, who has temporarily moved from GamesRadar.com to work as launch editor, will head up the online staff. Contributions to the site will also come from the print magazine team.

The new look site promises ‘hubs’ of content for individual films, in particular new releases, aggregating user comments and related external links. Video on the site has also been ramped up, with more use of clips for Q&As with actors and directors.

In the print sphere: Politick!, a £3.99 quarterly ‘aimed at young people 18-35′ (good news for anyone over 30 – that’s officially young then), is preparing for its debut.

The title, which claims no political bias in a press release, hopes to better engage young people with politics and the political process.

“This isn’t about us telling them we like the Arctic Monkeys. And this isn’t about Cameron, Brown or Clegg. We’re not going to tell anyone who to vote for or what to think. We just want to help young people to realise that they can change the world,” says editor Laura-Jane Foley.

Good luck to Politick! – that’s no mean feat…

Finally – ecoforyou, the green living, digital magazine announced by PlanetInk earlier this month, has launched. The first issue is free from the magazine’s site and boasts video, 34 full-colour pages and Flash animation. A text-only format, which is compatible with screen readers, is also available.Similar Posts:

Independent.co.uk: Newsweek’s Stryker McGuire to publish in-depth news magazine

Laura Oliver — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:07:15 +0000

McGuire, who has headed up Newsweek’s London bureau for the past 12 years, has set up International Quarterly – a magazine, which will feature 6,000-word articles focusing on in-depth, international news coverage.Similar Posts:

Lost Remote: NBC launches series of local news sites

Laura Oliver — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:29:59 +0000

US TV broadcaster NBC is to roll out a series of nine local news sites this month.

The sites will be ‘less an extension of our TV stations and more of an online destination for the latest local news, information and entertainment,’ says the broadcaster’s president.Similar Posts:

‘Ecoforyou is aiming to be a 100% carbon neutral publication’

Fred Friedrich — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:30:46 +0000

The planned launch of a new ethical environmental online magazine was announced today.

Ecoforyou.co.uk will be free to readers offering environmental news, features, interviews and lifestyle tips. The interactive site will include live-links, video, audio and a ‘digital page turn format’, powered by YUDU and hosted by Planet Ink Ltd.

Without a print edition, ecoforyou is aiming to be a ’100% carbon neutral publication’. The platform, YUDU, advertises itself as a carbon neutral company, off-setting its emissions by donating money to a carbon management company.

The site is relying on marketing through social networks with readers encouraged to use ‘forward to a friend’ buttons.

“We hope that ecoforyou will not only appeal to individual readers but businesses campaigners and industry leaders too,” said founding director, Gerry Cassidy, in a press release.

“They can easily email ecoforyou to their clients, colleagues and workforce and maintain their green credentials, without having to go to the additional expense of their publication.”

Ecoforyou will is not the only digital offering promoting green issues, the BBC already has a well established site, bbc.green.com.

Other eco websites include:

http://www.bbcgreen.com – lifestyle green living.

http://www.ecorazzi.com/ – offers a mixture of celebrity gossip and environmental issues.

http://www.treehugger.com/ – ‘strives to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.’

http://www.ecogeek.org/ - publishes stories daily about innovations that are saving the planet.

Any other favourite green news sites?Similar Posts:

paidContent:UK: Tina Brown’s new ‘Daily Beast’ previewed

Laura Oliver — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:56:45 +0000

A look at Tina Brown’s new website, the Daily Beast, which is scheduled to go live today (Monday) at midday UK time – in the ‘softest of launches’.Similar Posts:

Afaqs.com: Delhi newspaper going national and launching weekly in nine state capitals

Laura Oliver — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:26:59 +0000

NaiDunia Media has launched a national edition of its daily newspaper, NaiDunia, and will launch a weekly newspaper and magazine combo, Sunday NaiDunia, in nine state capitals.Similar Posts:

Media Week: MSNBC.com gives ‘predator’ reporter his own website

Laura Oliver — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:18:23 +0000

MSNBC.com have launched a website for their ‘predator’ reporter, Chris Hansen. The site features video and text coverage to go alongside investigative stories featured on his show, Dateline.Similar Posts:

Online Journalism Review finds new home at Knight Center

Laura Oliver — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:24:02 +0000

The Online Journalism Review, run by the University of Annenburg’s journalism school, has been resurrected by the Knight Foundation’s Digital Media Center, Geneva Overholser, the university’s new director of the school of journalism, announced yesterday.

The site closed in its previous incarnation in June after 10 years of reporting on the ‘transition from other media to online reporting and production’ for mid-career journalists.

Major OJR contributor and media academic Robert Niles will continue to write for the new-look site, which will focus on the following:

Reporting and writing in a conversational environment
Investigative reporting in the internet era
Entrepreneurial journalism
‘Guerilla-marketing’ the news

New articles will be added to the site twice-weekly on Mondays and Fridays.Similar Posts:

What’s new in the WSJ.com redesign

Laura Oliver — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:53:29 +0000

The Wall Street Journal set its revamped site live today, so here’s a breakdown of what’s changed and what’s new:

New

Journal Community - a social networking feature for the site’s paying subscribers, which lets them comment on articles, ‘ask the expert’ and join topic-based networks and discussion groups
Subscriber-only sections marked with a key icon and available for preview by non-subscribers
Newsreel - a scrolling, horizontal panel topping article pages, which links to other top stories. (Seems to be on most US stories at the moment, as shown in the picture below)
New video player and slideshow viewer
A new WSJ.com mobile reader for the Blackberry
New management section – available to subscribers only

Changes

Expanded content across its What’s News, Heard on the Street, small business, technology, US and world news, politics, personal finance and lifestyle sections
Improved navigation – including horizontal menu bar across all pages
Redesigned article pages to support more multimedia content and provide ‘related analysis’

Paying subscribers to the site, which WSJ claims have risen to more than 1 million, will also have increased access to the site’s archive.

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AP: New business news site from online magazine Slate

Laura Oliver — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:28:12 +0000

Online magazine Slate launched a spin-off financial news site today, bringing together business tools and analysis.Similar Posts: