User-generated content in new London Lite

Posted by Martin Stabe on 25 August 2006 at 16:11
Tags: Associated Newspapers, Evening Standard, Journalism, London Lite

Associated Newspapers drew first blood in the London free newspaper war with News International today by rushing out an early version of its new free daily paper, London Lite.

Here’s the front page:

And here’s page 3, leading with a story about Peaches Geldorf:

One interesting feature of London Lite is its intention to be “an interactive paper for the internet age”. Readers will be encouraged to contribute to the paper via the existing Evening Standard website at thisislondon.co.uk/chat.

The messages e-mailed or submitted to the site will be printed in a user-generated content section of the new London freesheet is called This is London’s Messageboard:

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DMGT digital revenues soar while print ads slump

Posted by Martin Stabe on 15 March 2006 at 12:23
Tags: Associated Newspapers, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Metro, Northcliffe, Online, Teletext

Increased digital advertising revenue was the silver lining in a trading update released by Daily Mail and General Trust today showing slumping ad revenue at both Northcliffe and Associated Newspapers.

Over the five months to February, digital advertising revenues at DMGT’s regional newspaper group, Northcliffe, soared by 17 per cent compared with the same period last year, while advertising overall slumped by 7 per cent.

At Associated Newspapers, which includes the Daily Mail Mail on Sunday, London’s Evening Standard and Metro, there was a similar pattern. The papers’ display advertising revenues fell by 10 per cent; classified advertising revenues were down 11 per cent — but digital advertising revenue was up 43 per cent. That includes revenue from Associated New Media’s online classified advertising sites Jobsite, Find a Property and the recently-acquired Prime Location.

Bring on Craig Newmark’s tanks.