Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter announced Wednesday it has launched the first “newspaper” mobile phone in the world, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday.

The mobile gives subscribers free, direct access to the paper's Web site.

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Journalists across Pakistan observed International Human Rights Day, called by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), by holding rallies, demonstrations and seminars against the curbs on media and the announcements of two anti-press laws.

Rallies were held in different parts of the country, including Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Faisalabad, Sukkur and Quetta. Lawyers, members of the civil society and students also took part and expressed solidarity with the PFUJ against the media curbs.

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Venezuelan regional daily Correo del Caroní announced Tuesday it would cease publication due to government restrictions preventing the company from purchasing U.S. dollars to import paper from Chile.

The daily paper elaborated in a press release that it would stop publication "as the government of President Hugo Chávez has denied U.S. dollars to Dipalca, which is known to be (a) corporation importing the Chilean newsprint paper we have used exclusively to print this newspaper for years."

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YouTube's ad revenue-sharing programme is evolving, as the video-sharing site announced it will open up its “partner programme.”

Last May, Google-owned YouTube began sharing in ad revenue with only a select group of users. The site is now opening up the programme, making it possible for users in Canada and the United States to compete for revenue from advertisements that run with its content, paidContent reported Tuesday.

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The Nation Multimedia Group announced Wednesday it will begin publishing a free English-language daily tabloid in 2008.

Xpress, Thailand's first free English-language daily, will target younger readers, and will begin publication in March, the group's chairman, Thanachai Threerapattanavong said in a statement.

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Total advertising spending in the U.S. was almost flat for the first nine months this year, according to TNS Media Intelligence.

Ad expenditures were up a bit for 0.2 percent to US $108.2 billion compared to the same period in 2006. Ad spending grew 1.3 percent in Q3.

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Free business paper E15 was launched in Prague last month, the latest addition to the city's increasing number of freesheets.

Published by top Czech publishing house Mlada Fronta, E15 is distributed directly to businesses, hotels, office parks, universities and government buildings, as well as being available at train stations and in the airport.

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