Community updates

Chronological news digests

2012-06-12

Warren Buffett to buy small Texas daily, will own 88 newspapers

Tatiana Repkova | www.poynter.org/latest-ne ... |

United States of America

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Northern North America

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News Media Markets - Ownership & Investment

2012-06-12

Murdoch's share of newspaper market is too big and should be forced to sell either the Sun or the Times, says Miliband

Tatiana Repkova | www.guardian.co.uk/media/ ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Fair Trading / Competition - Monopoly / Trusts
News Media Markets - Ownership & Investment

2012-06-12

PwC: Internet advertising will account for almost half of the UK ad market by the end of 2016

Tatiana Repkova | www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/ ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Advertising / Marketing Forecasts / Trends
Online / Rich Media / Interactive / Digital / Mobile Advertising / Marketing

2012-06-12

EU court: Sports broadcasters - holders of exclusive rights must limit news access costs

Tatiana Repkova | www.eubusiness.com/news-e ... |

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Central Europe, European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15)

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Sports Rights - Exclusive Rights - Right to Short Reporting

2012-06-12

MediaStorm, an online documentary multimedia producer, launches a "Pay Per Story" model, charging $1.99 for access to a story

Tatiana Repkova | mediastorm.com/blog/2012/ ... |

United States of America

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Northern North America

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Specifics of Creating Online Content - Multimedia / Transmedia Reporting / Storytelling - Mobile Journalism (Mojo) - Real-Time / Instantaneous / Live Blogging - Live Streaming - Robots - Algorithms
Documentary Journalism
Selling / Monetizing Online / Digital Content - Paywalls / Meters / Membership - Payment Channels - Free Online Content

2012-06-12

Huffington Post introduces its online long-form magazine Huffington, available only through the Apple Store

Tatiana Repkova | mediadecoder.blogs.nytime ... |

United States of America

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Northern North America

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Launches of Newspapers / Publications / Standalone News Websites / Other Media - Startups
Magazines
Distribution / Transmission Ways / Channels / Platforms - Distributed Content - Wholesale / Retail - Newsstands
Feature Story - Long-Form / Short-Form / Slow / Literary Journalism

2012-06-12

Union option rejected: Fairfax to send newspaper production work offshore to New Zealand

Tatiana Repkova | www.smh.com.au/nsw/union- ... |

Australia, New Zealand

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Australia & Oceania

Outsourcing - Insourcing

2012-06-12

Times-Picayune lays off nearly one-third of its staff

Tatiana Repkova | www.nola.com/business/ind ... |

United States of America

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Northern North America

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Daily to Weekly - Weekly to Daily - Periodicity Switches - Cutting Editions
Employment - Job Cuts - Redundancy Schemes - Layoffs

2012-06-12

Security authorities suspended Al-Tayyar newspaper and confiscated copies of Al-Ahram al-Yawm

Tatiana Repkova | allafrica.com/stories/201 ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Banned / Suspended Newspapers / Publications / Other Media

2012-06-12

Eleftherotypia's employees return to work unpaid for what may be paper's last edition, published before the election re-run

Tatiana Repkova | www.guardian.co.uk/world/ ... |

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European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Southern Europe

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Daily to Weekly - Weekly to Daily - Periodicity Switches - Cutting Editions
Working Conditions - Collective Agreements - Trade Unions - Contracts - Clause of Conscience