North East newspapers launch virtual stock trading game
The Newcastle-based Journal and Middlesbrough Evening Gazette are offering every visitor to their business news website £100,000 cash. The virtual…
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Chernin exit strengthens Murdoch control of News Corp
News Corp chief operating officer Peter Chernin is leaving the company after 20 years. The FT reports that Chernin, 57,…
ByBBC apologises as news website crashes
Steve Herrmann from the BBC has apologised in an editor’s blog for technical problems on the BBC news website yesterday…
ByTeesside Gazette recruits 70 student online writers
The Evening Gazette in Teesside is recruiting 70 students to contribute to its network of hyperlocal websites as part of…
ByBelfast Telegraph reports 62 per cent online ad lift
The Belfast Telegraph claims to have increased its online advertising revenues by 62 per cent year on year in the…
ByGoogle UK chief: We are trying to help the media
Search giant Google has insisted it is doing an “awful lot” to help traditional media publishers make money online. In…
ByBBC editor: Lack of resources to keep messageboard
The BBC closed the messageboard for popular Radio 4 programme Woman’s Hour because it does not have the “resources” to…
ByRegional newspaper publisher sells web ads by the hour
The Midland News Association is experimenting with an alternative to CPM-based online advertising – and has begun selling web display…
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