The Gambia Press Union will launch a 1.2 million dalasi (€38,541) project to train journalists in field reporting, online journalism and Web mastering, with trainers from Denmark facilitating.

GPU President Madi M.K. Ceesay announced the project Friday at the opening of the first week-long training course, according to an article posted on AllAfrica Monday.

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The new editor of the Independent on Sunday is not ruling out further integration with the paper's daily counterpart, the Independent, in the future, but for now, merging is “not on the agenda,” Press Gazette reported Monday.

“All newspapers are looking at the best way to use their resources in very tight markets. You would be wrong to suggest that it’s not an important thing to look at. From my point of view at the IoS there will be no diminishing of its identity,” John Mullin told Press Gazette.

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A new free paper is increasing in popularity in Japan, targeting baby boomers as they enter retirement and have more time for community activities, a growing niche in the country, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Monday.

Gaya Gaya, published by the Setagaya Ward Office in Tokyo, launched in December, and has since distributed about 40,000 copies. It publishes information that encourages baby boomers to participate in community activities.

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If the broadcasting industry can set up a wireless standard in the next year, they could be making an extra US$2 billion yearly in revenue by 2012 by delivering wireless content, according to trade group NAB.

The study, commissioned by the NAB's technology advocacy programme FASTROAD (Flexible Advanced Services for Television & Radio On All Devices) urged an industry-adopted standard in place by early next year, MediaPost reported Monday.

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Yahoo is the top ranked online ad publisher in United States, with a 19 percent share of online display ads, according to the latest comScore figures, MediaPost reported Monday.

Following Yahoo is Fox Interactive (16.3 percent), Microsoft sites (6.7 percent), Time Warner Network (5.8 percent) and Facebook (1.5 percent).

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Yahoo would consider an alliance with Google instead of a takeover by Microsoft, Reuters reported Sunday.

The company's management is considering restarting talks held last year with Google about how to work more closely together, according to a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy.

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Belo Corp. is preparing to spin off its newspaper sector at the end of this week, but Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered the media company's ratings Monday on concerns the newly separate television business will take on all existing debt.

Citing the Dallas-based company's unsecured debt and corporate credit, S&P said Belo's outlook is stable, downgrading it from “BB+” to “BB,” Editor & Publisher reported Monday.

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Telegraaf Media Group (TMG) has agreed to buy Argos Press' Amsterdams Stasblad, the publisher announced Friday, according to a Publicitas report Monday.

The acquisition concerns free weeklies Aalsmeerder Courant, Amstelveens Weekblad, Amsterdams Stadsblad, Diemer Courant, De Ronde Vener and Uithoornse Courant.

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