Wednesday 27 February 2008

20 Minutos tops Spanish circulation

Free daily 20 Minutos is the highest circulated daily in Spain, with distribution of 1,043,000 copies a day in 2007, Newspaper Innovation reported Wednesday.

Following in second place is Qué!, with 957,000 copies.

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First English-Chinese mobile paper launches in China

China's first English-Chinese mobile newspaper was launched Tuesday in Beijing, China Daily reported.

Zhu Ling, editor of China Daily, and Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, launched the mobile news site in a joint ceremony. The mobile news site will be produced by both China Mobile and China Daily, and will be called China Daily Mobile News.

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Roularta buys Belgian freesheet

Roularta Media Group SA has bought Belgian freesheet Het Gouden Blad, for about one million euro, Thomson Financial reported Wednesday.

Het Gouden Blad publishes in the two towns of Waregem and Deinze.

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Survey: Newspaper ads beat TV in Canada

Six out of ten Canadians say they prefer newspaper ads to TV advertising, according to a survey released by the Canadian Newspaper Association.

This survey was conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of the Canadian Newspaper Association from January 31 to February 4, 2008, with an interview sample of 1,428 adults equally proportioned across the demographic groups.

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San Francisco Chronicle launches new homepage

The San Francisco Chronicle announced the launch of the new homepage SFGate.com, as part of a redesign.

The news site has simpler and top-of-the-page navigation, which allow users to access to multimedia features, and more search tools.

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Editors Weblog relaunched with new functions

The World Editors Forum has re-launched its Editors Weblog to increase functionality and make it easier to navigate.

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