Independent News & Media’s second-biggest shareholder Denis O’Brien claims the company’s flagship newspaper, the Independent, will close by the end of the year.

The Sun has revamped its mobile site with added features including video content and personalisation.

The BBC has announced plans to open the iPlayer to third-party broadcasters.

Twitter has changed its terms and conditions to allow it to implement targeted advertising across the site.

The overall daily newspaper market dipped by 2.7% in August, with all of the titles bar one suffering period on period declines.

Jim Marshall has stepped down from his role as executive director of Starcom Media Group UK with immediate effect, although he will continue to act as consultant to the company for the next six months.

Google is set to roll out a micropayment system to help newspaper publishers charge for access to online news content.

The Daily Telegraph is set to unveil its new Saturday Review section this weekend.

ITV’s Live International Football coverage pulled in an impressive high of more than 9.6 million peak viewers last night.

Former BSkyB chief Tony Ball is thought to be in exclusive talks with ITV to agree the terms of his contract to replace Michael Grade.