http://www.sfnblog.com/ en Copyright 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:53:42 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification It is still unclear whether News International's paywall for The Times' and Sunday Times' is "working," as the paywall is just two months old, and the websites have not yet made statistics public. In the Independent today, the tagline for Ian Burrell's article on Rupert Murdoch's much discussed paywall states: "advertisers don't like it. Analysts are unconvinced. The paywall at News International may not be winning many fans, but the man behind it is determined to keep it standing." But François Nel, director of the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire's School of Journalism, Media and Communication in the United Kingdom, and also an SFN research partner, crunched the numbers, and the result is that the paywalls may be doing better than most people think. A lot better. http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/09/will_murdochs_paywall_strategy_work.php http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/09/will_murdochs_paywall_strategy_work.php Financials News International paywall Rupert Murdoch Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:53:42 -0600 Leah McBride Mensching UK free commuter daily Metro has entered into a video content deal with ITN to expand its online offerings, Journalism.co.uk reported yesterday.Beginning today, Metro.co.uk is now offering its online readers with "up-to-the-minute" videos from ITN, spanning multiple genres that include UK news, world news, sports, showbiz, music, fashion and video gaming, DigitalSpy.co.uk reported http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/09/metrocouk_enters_into_a_video_content_de.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/09/metrocouk_enters_into_a_video_content_de.php Circulation and Readership content sharing deals Metro Metro Daily Video Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:45:36 -0600 Savita Sauvin Apple has sold 120 million iPods, iPads and iPhones since 2007, when it launched its iOS operating system, chief executive Steve Jobs announced yesterday, paidContent revealed. This represents an increase of 20 million in the last three months. Every day, the company is activating an average of 230,000 devices, Mashable reported. These numbers only include activations and not system upgrades, Jobs said.Steve Jobs presented Apple's results during an event in San Francisco. Photo: paidContent http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/apples_devices_sales_hit_120_million.php http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/apples_devices_sales_hit_120_million.php Mobile Apple apps iPad iPhone sales Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:22:59 -0600 Clara Martinez http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/washington_post_to_launch_ipad_app_in_co.php http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/washington_post_to_launch_ipad_app_in_co.php Launches and Closures Mobile app Apple iPad mobile Washington Post Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:08:02 -0600 Erina Lin L'Agence France-Presse (AFP) has announced it plans to offer readers direct access to AFP content on digital devices rather than just a "Business to Business" model. AFP is the third largest news agency in the world, tailing the Associated Press and Reuters, and is undoubtedly an influential force in the print industry, providing articles to about 5,000 newspapers in six different languages. Yet Emmanuel Hoog, CEO of AFP, admits that the company is behind the digital trends. Hoog commented to Le Monde "It's absurd that the third largest news provider does not have an application for the iPad, the smartphone, or the internet...How have the AP and Reuters launched mobile apps in French and not AFP?"Along with much of the print world, AFP has felt the ramifications of a changing industry. Several newspapers have decided to stop using content from AFP, which has affected the news company's primary source of revenue. While Hoog believes the majority of newspapers will continue their contracts with AFP, Hoog asserts his company is in the position to offer content directly over the Internet and mobile devices. For more on this story, visit our sister publication, editorsweblog.org. http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/afp_goes_mobile.php http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/afp_goes_mobile.php Mobile apps newswire Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:09:58 -0600 Leah McBride Mensching Following its recent creation of print and digital circulation metrics and its collaboration with U.S media monitoring service provider BurrellesLuce, the Financial Times is launching a global press campaign targeting business subscribers, MarketingWeek.co.uk reported today.The global press campaign launched today under the tagline, "Some tools aren't a luxury." It is designed to boost corporate subscriptions by showing off the financial daily as an essential business tool companies cannot live without.Image: Mediaweek.co.uk http://www.sfnblog.com/advertising/2010/09/ft_launches_global_press_campaign_target.php http://www.sfnblog.com/advertising/2010/09/ft_launches_global_press_campaign_target.php Advertising Mobile ad campaign Financial Times Global advertising print subscriptions Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:24:02 -0600 Savita Sauvin http://www.sfnblog.com/ownership_and_regulations/2010/09/tribune_forms_committee_to_oversee_reorg.php http://www.sfnblog.com/ownership_and_regulations/2010/09/tribune_forms_committee_to_oversee_reorg.php Ownership and Regulations Bankruptcy chapter 11 protection reorganisation Tribune Co. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:13:58 -0600 Erina Lin Starting today, one of Brazil's oldest newspapers will be available online-only. Due to mounting debts and low circulation, the Jornal do Brasil has stopped publishing a print version, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas reported."Quality. Interactivity. Respect for Ecology. Alignment with the future. Innovation," the publication stated in defense of its switch to online-only. The decision was the result of lengthy analysis and a reader survey. "In these last weeks, some readers of JB - and especially many non-readers - have expressed legitimate and democratically in favour of maintaining the paper version of the newspaper ... In their arguments, there have been references to the story of JB, its great characters, the glorious career as a space for freedoms. The fact is that these assets are not lost, but expanded again in the electronic medium," the article states. "They can not choose to close their eyes - not to the future - but to the present media around the world: the way, relentless and increasing the digital age ... The JB will still exist - agile, modern and influential." http://www.sfnblog.com/printing_and_production/2010/09/jornal_do_brasil_ends_print_edition_toda.php http://www.sfnblog.com/printing_and_production/2010/09/jornal_do_brasil_ends_print_edition_toda.php Printing and Production online newspaper print edition Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:45:16 -0600 Leah McBride Mensching Canadian Metro websites, Journalmetro.com and metronews.ca, will be integrating "Add to Foursquare" buttons on their website, Newspaper Innovation reported today.The newspaper partnered with Foursquare earlier this year and began offering location-based restaurant tips to its followers. http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/metro_canada_websites_to_integrate_fours.php http://www.sfnblog.com/mobile/2010/09/metro_canada_websites_to_integrate_fours.php Mobile Canada integration Metro new technology Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:07:09 -0600 Savita Sauvin http://www.sfnblog.com/advertising/2010/09/uk_advertising_standards_authority_expan.php http://www.sfnblog.com/advertising/2010/09/uk_advertising_standards_authority_expan.php Advertising Ownership and Regulations Advertising regulations Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:36:58 -0600 Alisa Zykova http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/09/russian_daily_kommersant_to_launch_tv_ch.php http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/09/russian_daily_kommersant_to_launch_tv_ch.php Launches and Closures business reporting dailies launch Radio TV Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:47:11 -0600 Alisa Zykova The Alpha Newspaper Group, which is the largest weekly publisher in Northern Ireland, on Monday closed the Roscommon Champion, the Longford News and the Athlone Voice, the BBC reported.The company said the decision was taken after a severe decline of circulation and advertising revenue, RTE.ie informed. In recent months, several staff members were laid off and the design and layout departments were centralized to reduce costs. http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/09/three_irish_weeklies_shut_down.php http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/09/three_irish_weeklies_shut_down.php Launches and Closures closures economic downturn Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:11:36 -0600 Clara Martinez http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/09/the_internet_blurs_the_line_between_tv_a.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/09/the_internet_blurs_the_line_between_tv_a.php Circulation and Readership newspapers online news TV Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:03:22 -0600 Leah McBride Mensching Considering the major shift of readers from traditional news sources to digital media, changes were announced today at Utah's longest publishing daily, Deseret News. The U.S. newspaper will reduce its newsroom staff numbers by nearly half and introduce new strategic initiatives to serve massive audiences globally, TheSaltLakeTribune.com reported today.Like many other newspapers, Utah's second largest daily faced a difficult choice - to either reduce staff and reinvent itself or to stop publishing. The newspaper chose the former; and despite declining ad revenues, the newspaper's readership showed an increase of 20 percent in 2009, the highest growth rate experienced by any newspaper in the country, according to a blog post by the newspaper's editorial page editor, Jay Evensen. http://www.sfnblog.com/employment/2010/08/deseret_news_to_reduce_nearly_half_of_it.php http://www.sfnblog.com/employment/2010/08/deseret_news_to_reduce_nearly_half_of_it.php Advertising Employment growth strategy Job cuts newsroom integration Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:29:24 -0600 Savita Sauvin Newsweek magazine has this week launched Newsweek Pakistan, which will have double the print run compared to that of the international edition, The Express Tribune reported today.Although Newsweek's financial woes are well known in its home country, the United States, print is growing in Pakistan, and the weekly is expected to see success. The launch is in partnership with Pakistani media company AG Publications, according to the Huffington Post. Newsweek was recently sold by the Washington Post Company to audio billionaire Sidney Harman. Newsweek Pakistan was being created before the company announced it would sell the news weekly. http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/08/newsweek_launches_pakistan_edition.php http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/08/newsweek_launches_pakistan_edition.php Launches and Closures magazine weeklies Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:26:26 -0600 Leah McBride Mensching