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Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of the BBC, has been appointed as the new president and chief executive of the New York Times.

The UK’s oldest comic is facing closure after 75 years. The Dandy, priced at £1.99, saw its circulation drop to 8,000 in the second half of 2011.

News Corporation made a loss of $1.6 billion (£1.2 billion) in the last quarter, compared with a net income of $163 million in the same period last year.

As Leveson kicks off again, Raymond Snoddy wonders whether a larger remit for Rufus Olins of Newsworks would help sustain newspapers’ economic future…

Abba Newbery, director of advertising strategy at News International Commercial, on how the Olympics can inspire media planners…

In an attempt to boost readers, Time Out London is to become a free magazine. Cutting its price from £3.25 it hopes to increase circulation from 55,000 to a targeted 300,000 a week.Time Out will join a group of magazines and newspapers which have already taken similar steps to rejuvenate the industry. To make up… Continue reading Time Out to become a free London magazine

The National Readership Survey has developed a series of infographics, the first of which (below) details the readership of newspapers and magazines on tablets and e-readers.

Rufus Olins, chief executive, Newsworks, says the distinction between traditional media and digital media can be unhelpful and even misleading. Who doesn’t have a digital component to their work? We are all digital…

The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that eight people, including Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, will face a total of 19 charges in relation to phone-hacking.

Raymond Snoddy says that Lord Justice Leveson’s quest for balance between press freedom and censorship leaves only one task outstanding – the creation of a new regulatory body for the British press…