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Telegraph.co.uk to stream live coverage of the World Indoor Athletics Championships

Posted by Press Gazette on 3 March 2010 at 09:25
Tags: Media Business, Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online

The fever with which eight national newspapers dived in to stream England’s World Cup football qualifier in Ukraine following the collapse of the broadcaster Setanta last year has yet to be replicated on such a scale. (Let’s not dwell here on the technical troubles that blighted much of that match).

Despite this national newspaper websites are growing increasingly accustomed to showing sports packages on their websites.

The Guardian is just one which shows highlights of Premiership rugby and other sports.

Telegraph Media Group has now proved that it is hungry to add regular live action to the sporting reflection that has been more traditional newspaper fare through live streaming sports which don’t have such a big impact when broadcast on TV. (more…)

Manchester Evening News live blogging local council meetings

Posted by Press Gazette on 4 February 2010 at 10:38
Tags: Mobile, New Media, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers

The Manchester Evening News has been using a range of multimedia tools to live blog council meetings from across the Greater Manchester area. (more…)

iPhone App for The Guardian generates £165,000

Posted by Phil Scullion on 13 January 2010 at 15:47
Tags: Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media

The Guardian’s App for the iPhone and iPod Touch was downloaded just under 70,000 times in its first month, with 9,000 downloads in its first two days.

Downloads are priced at £2.39, and have already generated £165k of revenue since launch on 14 December (30 per cent of which goes to Apple). (more…)

News International extends Newsnow.co.uk ban to all its titles

Posted by Press Gazette on 13 January 2010 at 09:59
Tags: Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online

News International plans to block news aggregator NewsNow.co.uk from linking to content on all its websites, including the Sun Online and the website of the News of the World. (more…)

BBC reporter breaks ‘unbreakable’ phone

Posted by Press Gazette on 12 January 2010 at 09:13
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Mobile, New Media

BBC Click reporter Dan Simmons breaks an “unbreakable” phone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and bags himself a free mobile for his efforts.

Sky News iPhone apps downloaded a million times in six months

Posted by Press Gazette on 11 January 2010 at 15:50
Tags: Broadcast, Mobile, New Media, Online, Radio, Television

Sky News’ iPhone application has been downloaded more than a million times since its launch in May, the company said today. (more…)

BBC News Have Your Say asked: “Should homosexuals face execution?”

Posted by RoryCrew on 17 December 2009 at 11:16
Tags: BBC, International, Mobile, New Media

15:20 UPDATE: BBC apologises for “too stark” headline…

The Have Your Say section of the BBC website asked the question yesterday: “Should homosexuals face execution?” (more…)

£2.39 for the Guardian iPhone app

Posted by Press Gazette on 14 December 2009 at 10:54
Tags: Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online

The Guardian has launched its paid-for iPhone application as it bids to join the ranks of those looking to grab a hold of the increasingly lucrative news apps market that’s emerging in the UK and US. (more…)

Big push toward online charging? Johnston Press appoints e-commerce expert as non-executive director

Posted by Press Gazette on 8 December 2009 at 12:38
Tags: Mobile, New Media, Newspapers, Online, People, Regional Newspapers

Is it an indication that Johnston Press is committing itself to charging for online content? Yesterday, the publisher of more than 300 newspapers, including the Scotsman and the Yorkshire Evening Post, announced that Geoff Iddison will become a non-executive director in the New Year. (more…)

Is Sports Illustrated Apple Tablet edition the digital future for magazines?

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 8 December 2009 at 09:27
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Mobile, New Media, Online

Could this be the future of magazine publishing?

It’s US magazine Sports Illustrated’s demonsration of how its magazine might look in a special version created for the as yet unlaunched Apple Tablet.

The touch sceen version would allow readers to circle content, share it quickly via social networking sites and activate videos and interactive content.

According to the FT, all respondents in focus groups said they were willing to pay for the new product.

Reuters.com relaunches with greater consumer focus

Posted by Press Gazette on 4 December 2009 at 10:33
Tags: Agencies, International, Mobile, New Media, Online

Thomson Reuters has revamped its Reuters.com website to more widely showcase its business and finance coverage – executives also indicated the agency would eventually charge for access to some of its online content. (more…)

Will Bing pay big for news listings?

Posted by Press Gazette on 24 November 2009 at 09:29
Tags: Media Business, Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers

Microsoft’s talks with newspaper publishers over paying them to de-list from Google so it can index their stories suggests a game changing moment in online news – but reports of the discussions have led to scepticism the move could be as radical as first assumed. (more…)

News Corp looks at moving web content to Microsoft

Posted by Press Gazette on 23 November 2009 at 11:18
Tags: Journalism, Media Business, Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online

Microsoft has held talks with News Corporation over plans that would see the Rupert Murdoch-owned company being paid to stop its newspaper content being indexed by Google, the Financial Times has reported.

Microsoft’s interest could be seen as an attack on Google and put more pressure on it to start paying for newspaper content. (more…)

Murdoch threatens to sue the BBC

Posted by Press Gazette on 10 November 2009 at 10:43
Tags: BBC, Journalism, Law, Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online, People

Rupert Murdoch, chief executive and chairman of News Corporation, has suggested that he may sue the BBC over breaches of copyright for “stealing” material. (more…)

Video: Rupert Murdoch outlines plan to block Google indexing newspaper content

Posted by Press Gazette on 9 November 2009 at 11:11
Tags: Journalism, Media Business, Mobile, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, said he is likely to remove his newspapers’ stories from Google’s search index once his company has established a system to start charging for online content. (more…)

9 out of 10 won’t pay for online news

Posted by Oliver Luft on 21 October 2009 at 10:55
Tags: Journalism, Media Business, Mobile, New Media, Newspapers, Online

Nine out of ten UK consumers would never pay for online news, a new survey has revealed.

A study of more than 2,000 consumers by Lightspeed Research asked what content users wouldn’t be prepared to pay for online.

It found that 91 per cent of respondents would never pay for news online and 90 per cent would be unwilling to pay for news analysis. (more…)

Dennis Publishing to launch Monkey iPhone app

Posted by Gary Neale on 9 October 2009 at 09:24
Tags: Advertising, Customer publishing, Journalism, Magazines, Media Business, Mobile, New Media, Online

Dennis Publishing’s online magazine Monkey is set to get it’s own iPhone app which it will sell for £1.79 - Android and Blackberry versions are expected soon. (more…)

European news channel explosion puts their futures in doubt

Posted by Gary Neale on 8 October 2009 at 12:20
Tags: Advertising, Broadcast, International, Journalism, Media Business, Mobile, New Media, Online, Television

The number of European news channels has doubled in the last five years with over 160 channels available across the EU, according to AFP.

But as the internet becomes a more and more popular form of receiving quick news bulletins, and the credit crunch squeezes advertising revenue, the future of these channels is in doubt - the agency says in a report from the MIPCOM trade fair in Cannes, France.

AFP reports that the massive competition in this sector means the channels often make losses - with half the smaller broadcast media groups reporting losses in 2007 and 2008.

Andre Lange, head of markets and financing at the European Adiovisual Observatory, said: “We can expect some channels to go bust in the next few years. The big groups, however, have a certain obligation to their viewers to provide news channels. And for some it will almost certainly be politically important.”

AFP suggests news channels could find greater profits by targeting mobile phone news.