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Media Release: Six sports newspapers come together in new association
“Six of the world’s leading newspapers dedicated to sport have come together to form the International Association of Sports Newspapers (IASN), to defend and promote the interests and freedom of the sports press,” the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) announced on Friday. Full release at this link.
Media Release: Sky News opens Dubai bureau
Sky News is to open a new bureau in Dubai in mid-late March headed up by reporter Ashish Joshi.
Media Release: Associated Press offers multimedia archive access
The AP will no offer clients ‘tandem’ access to its stock image, film and video archives at www.aparchive.com.
[Release] APA: Customer publishing to grow 15 per cent over the next four years
A press release from the Association of Publishing Agencies begins: “The latest market intelligence on the customer publishing industry from Mintel, commissioned by APA and sponsored by DHL Global Mail, reveals that the communication channel has experienced impressive growth in the face of a tough economic climate for media and marketing.”
Johnston Press Release: Board changes at Johnston Press
Ian Russell to succeed chairman Roger Parry from March 2009.
Simon Waugh to leave board from January 30 following appointment as chief executive of the new National Apprenticeship Service.
Nielsen Online release: Web traffic to top 10 US newspapers grew 16 per cent last year
Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, today reported a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in unique visitors to the top 10 newspaper Web sites, growing from 34.6 million unique visitors in December 2007 to 40.1 million in December 2008.
NYTimes.com was the number one online newspaper destination in December 2008, with 18.2 million unique visitors. USATODAY.com and washingtonpost.com took the second and third spots, with 11.4 million and 9.5 million unique visitors, respectively. Download PDF release
NYTimes release: New York Times and GateHouse settle out of court in linking case
The New York Times and GateHouse Media have settled their legal case out of court.
GateHouse Media had raised the action against the Times for links found on Boston.com to its local website network.
NUJ release: Whistleblower hotline launched
Following Saturday’s job crisis summit, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has launched a hotline for journalists to anonymously report instances where cutbacks are affecting the quality of journalism in their workplace.
NUJ release: Union condemns 45 job cuts at Western Daily Press and Bristol Evening Post
Proposed job cuts condemned by union, who will meet on Monday.