Friday 18 April 2008

Daily Herald cuts jobs

The Daily Herald in Chicago's suburbs laid off and unspecified number of staffers across its departments, Editor & Publisher reported Thursday.

Paddock Publishing President Doug Ray would not give the exact number of employees cut.

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Ananzi partners with Google

South African Web search engine Ananzi is working with Google to allow users to search locally on Ananzi and internationally with Google in one place, Ananzi stated in a press release.

Google's international search function is being incorporated into Ananzi's search pages.

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London Paper records £17 million in losses

The London Paper, News International’s London freesheet, has lost almost £17 million in its first 10 months of publication; the turnover for the period was £8 million, the Guardian reported Friday.

Launched in September 2006, The London Paper recorded a pre-tax loss of £16.8 million during the year ending in June 2007.

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Asia Pacific and Europe home of most online and mobile users

The Asia Pacific region and Europe were home of the majority of online and mobile users across the world in 2005, according to a study from Morgan Stanley.

In 2005, about 36 percent of online users came from Asia Pacific, and another 24 percent were from Europe. North America took up another 23 percent, while South America only accounted for five percent. The rest of the users were from other regions, including Africa and Australasia.

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Associated Press inks copyright protection deal

The Associated Press will begin using a new copyright protection system for online users of its content, called iCopyright, Journalism.co.uk reported Thursday.

Online copyright rights service iCopyright will help to create a Web-based licensing system for AP content.

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