Former Times editor James Harding has been appointed as director for BBC news after new director general Tony Hall outlines aims to build a senior team that will “define the BBC” for the next decade.
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Guardian Media & News and Faber and Faber will be joining forces to offer a unique publishing opportunity built upon “independence, innovation and quality” in a bid to supplement decreasing ad revenues that print is struggling to sustain.
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Mindshare UK set to reposition its press department to publishing to keep pace with a rapidly evolving multi-platform market.
After 37 years at the company, Sylvia Auton has announced her retirement as CEO of IPC Media and will step down this coming May.
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Jim Marshall argues that newspapers still retain their potency for reporting and commenting on major news stories, despite those who suggest that newspapers are doomed. But this brings with it a responsibility which has greater significance and accountability in today’s ‘multi layered’ world of media – if newspapers are going to continue to be a gateway medium what they say has to be true.
Yahoo has made a millionaire out of 17 year-old app developer Nick D’Aloisio with the purchase of his news summary app, Summly – and although Raymond Snoddy says it’s great that news is being made more accessible via mobile devices – it’s a little less good that quality, journalistic content is being turned into convenient bullet points.
The Daily Telegraph is set to launch a metered paywall for its website following a successful trial of the system.