The assistant chief of bureau for the AP in Washington will be responsible for ‘the convergence of text, broadcast and online formats’ in the bureau.
Prior to her current post, which she has held for five years, Feldman was the AP’s Washington news editor.
It’s widely reported, but worth flagging up for those who haven’t seen coverage. AP reports: Rupert Murdoch has said that doomsayers ‘who are predicting the internet will kill off newspapers are ‘misguided cynics’ who fail to grasp that the online world is potentially a huge new market of information-hungry consumers.’
Reporters from Tribune Comapny’s Washington bureau will cover stories for all papers, new bureau chief Cissy Baker has said.
Online executive Schiller will take up position as CEO and president of National Public Radio (NPR) on January 5.
CNN is looking to compete with newspapers, and possibly the Associated Press, with a new wire service. A three day summit will ‘show off its news gathering capabilities.’
The NAA reports that the number of unique visitors to newspaper websites hit another record high in the third quarter, up 15.7 per cent to 68.3 million compared to the same period a year ago.
Nielsen Online’s top 30 current event and global news destinations list, with percentage changes comparing September 2008 with September 2007. The Huffington Post continues to pull off big increases in unique users – visitors to the site soared 457 per cent to 7.4 million in September.
The Tribune Company has given notice to the Associated Press that the group’s nine daily US newspapers intend to drop the AP news service – it is the first major newspaper chain to do so since the AP announced plans for new rates.
As more newspapers in the US drop their partnerships with the Associated Press, E&P asks if emerging news collaborations, with the likes of the Press Association and Politico, can replace the papers’ long-standing relationship with the agency.
Yesterday Yahoo unveiled its new advertising management platform APT in front of analysts, advertisers, and the press – a ‘lynchpin’ behind its newspaper alliance.