Children in New Zealand are more media savvy than ever before, but know when they need to switch off the television, Internet or mobile phones, according to a new study, TVNZ reported Tuesday.

The country's Broadcast Minister Trevor Mallard on Tuesday released the Broadcasting Standards Authority report, Seen and Heard: Children's Media Use, Exposure, and Response.

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Sir Paul McCartney will give away his latest album with editions of the Mail on Sunday, Gigwise.com reported Tuesday.

The Beatle alum's album, “Memory Almost Full,” will be free with the May 18th edition of the newspaper. It was released on Starbucks' Hear Music label last year.

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The Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer will begin cutting staff numbers, offering voluntary buyouts to an unknown number of employees, the Sacramento Business Journal reported Monday.

The newspaper is making the cuts in an attempt to offset advertising revenue declines, the paper's Web site stated.

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MediaNews group, a newspaper company that publishes 57 U.S. dailies, has outsourced its customer care to a Philippines-based company, APAC, according to a company statement Saturday.

Joseph Santiago, chairman of the House committee on information and communications technology, said the decision will push MediaNews’ rivals to do the same in order to stay economically competitive.

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After their merger completion last month, Thomson Reuters is facing its first major industrial dispute, as Thomson’s UK journalists voted to hold an official ballot for industrial action.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) had official recognition and a majority of membership among journalists in either Reuters or Thomson UK operations before the deal, Press Gazette reported.

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A year after the launch of the weekend edition of RedEye, 100,000 opt-in subscribers have requested home delivery of the Chicago Tribune's free daily tabloid, Editor & Publisher reported Monday.

Readers must request the weekend edition, which is home-delivered only.

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