Homes in Singapore will be wired with a fibre optic link, hooking them up to broadband, the Straits Times reported Friday.

In as early as two years, the Fibre To The Home (FTTH) technology promises faster broadband access for all homes in Singapore.

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The E.W. Scripps Co. board has approved a plan to separate its media company into two public companies, to begin July 1, the Associated Press reported Friday.

Completion of the plan must still meet government regulatory approval.

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Google cares about copyright protections, and operates consistently with copyright law, Josh Cohen, Google News content specialist told the Toronto Star in a Q&A Friday.

Speaking at the 2008 Canadian Newspaper Association/Canadian Community Newspapers Association conference in Toronto, Cohen “delivered a message of peace and partnership,” Toronto News reporter Brett Popplewell reported Friday, telling the audience that although news content is “bigger than it's ever been ... how people are getting it is going through tremendous change.”

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Lower valuations for U.S. metro dailies have unfairly led to lower prices of small-market papers, according to the CEO of community newspaper publisher GateHouse Media Inc., Editor & Publisher reported Friday.

Newspapers' market valuations have “spilled too much into the small-market newspaper industry,” CEO Michael E. Reed said in a conference call with analysts. “What that means is there’s a fantastic opportunity in that space.”

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The Sun-Times Media Group said Wednesday its shares are expected to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange because its price doesn't meet the minimum, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers in the area disclosed in late March that the NYSE had notified it that its shares were in danger of being delisted.

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Guardian News & Media has revealed more information on its plans to combine the newsrooms of the Guardian, Observer, and guardian.co.uk as it closes in on the goal to become a 24/7 multimedia operation by the end of the year, when it moves to its new location at Kings Place, the Guardian reported Friday.

The Web site and two newspapers will keep their own executive management teams, and the Observer will also retain its news desk and team of news reporters, as well as its editing operation, magazines and separate features department.

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China will own the biggest share of broadband per household in Asia throughout 2010, while Japan and South Korea are expected to lose shares gradually, consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has forecast.

In 2004, China owned 40 percent of overall broadband households in Asia Pacific, while Japan and South Korea accounted for 27 percent and 21 percent, respectively.

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