Content previously available through TimesSelect, including online access to news and opinion columnists, archives and personalisation tools, will be made available at no cost beginning Wednesday, NYTimes.com has announced.

The TimesSelect subscription revenue model will be replaced by an advertising-based model, with American Express signing on to be the first sponsor of the newly opened areas once only accessible by subscribers to TimesSelected, according to a New York Times Company statement.

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Following the AdWords launch to mobile, Google on Tuesday announced the availability of AdSense for mobile.

The program allows AdSense publishing partners to earn revenue through contextually targeting text ads to mobile Web site content.

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The Teesside Evening Gazette's successful series of hyperlocal sites targeting smaller postcode areas has brought in more advertising revenue, which means more jobs and a greater investment in journalism, the Gazette's editor told the Society of Editors Scotland conference at Glasgow Caledonian University, Press Gazette reported Tuesday.

“(Gazette Communities) have attracted new advertising and proved such a success that Trinity (Mirror) has launched print versions of the microsites,” Editor Darren Thwaites said.

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The Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers (BDVZ) has announced there is “damage to the sensitive good that is the freedom of the press” in Germany, due to proceedings against journalists, Helmut Heinen, the association's president, announced Monday in Strasbourg.

The “series of preliminary proceedings launched of late against journalists for allegedly aiding and abetting the betrayal of secrets” points to a “highly questionable interpretation of freedom of the press,” Heinen is quoted as saying by Heise Online.

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Time Warner and AOL's honeymoon period seems to have come to an end, as some analysts are strongly suggesting that Time Warner should cast off the online service company.

Some analysts suggested Time Warner could have sold AOL for about $20 billion about a year and a half ago, when Google, Comcast, and Microsoft were strongly interested in buying AOL, which had renewed its worth with a resurgence, especially in the search traffic area.

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Nigeria's Gombe State government will set up a newspaper to report on the administration, the special assistant to the state governor on printing and publishing has disclosed.

Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Yidikawu said the newspaper is needed to inform the public on government activities, a challenge in light of the state Printing and Publishing Company's poor condition, according to an article posted on AllAfrica.com.

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