by Tatiana Repkova

Quebec City's first free daily newspaper, MédiaMatin Québec, made its appearance this morning. Published from Monday to Friday in a run of 40,000 copies, the new daily is the initiative of locked-out Journal de Québec staff.

More

by Tatiana Repkova

The publishers of London's free evening newspapers have resorted to cutthroat tactics in the latest battle of an increasingly bitter war between Lord Rothermere's London Lite and Rupert Murdoch's thelondonpaper. Associated Newspapers, the Daily Mail and General Trust subsidiary that publishes London Lite, yesterday posted footage on YouTube, the video sharing Web siteWeb site, which it claimed showed distributors of thelondonpaper dumping "thousands of copies" in refuse bins and on buses.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3a38d1c2-f201-11db-b5b6-000b5df10621,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=httppercent3Apercent2Fpercent2Fwww.ft.compercent2Fcmspercent2Fspercent2F3a38d1c2-f201-11db-b5b6-000b5df10621.html&_i_referer=; April 24, 2007

by Tatiana Repkova

UAE evening newspaper Emirates Evening Post has ceased publication due to licensing issues, Arabian Business has reported. A source was quoted as saying staff were given no warning that the paper was closing down. The tabloid was published by the Sharjah-based Press Centre and Art Productions. http://www.ameinfo.com/117694.html; April 24, 2007

by Tatiana Repkova

Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Company (MDC) is gearing up to launch a daily English-language newspaper that will be part of an ambitious new media empire, ArabianBusiness.com has revealed. The government-owned investment company is currently head-hunting for senior editorial staff to work on a broadsheet-style general news title. A tentative launch date of Nov. 2007 has been set. MDC is also thought to have plans for a dedicated business newspaper, although it would probably launch this after the general news title. http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11524; April 24, 2007