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talkSPORT owner UTV Media has completed the acquisition of free weekly magazine Sport.The magazine was suspended in April after French parent company Sport Media & Strategie went into administration (see Sport magazine suspends publication).It is understood that Sport will be back on London’s streets on 12 June, with 19 of its 22 UK staff staying… Continue reading UTV Media buys Sport magazine

Apple, IMG Sports Media and Premier League Archive have signed a new deal that will allow iTune users to watch football highlights on their iPods.Football fans will be able to download up to 50 ‘Classic Premier League’ matches from five seasons between 2002/03 and 2006/07.There will be 12 episodes available for each season as well… Continue reading iTunes to sell Premier League highlights

thelondonpaper, the afternoon freesheet published by News International, is launching an ad campaign today using three different ads with straplines including “Nada”, “Zilch”, and “Diddly Squat”.The ads, reassuring readers that nothing has changed about the paper, follow the London Evening Standard‘s recent “sorry” campaign.The text on the ads says the title is “still listening, still… Continue reading thelondonpaper launches new ad campaign

Independent News & Media has agreed a financial standstill deal with its investors, giving it until late June to negotiate the refinancing of its €200 million (£178 million) bond.The publisher of the Independent newspaper has also secured €15 million (£13.3 million) in working capital.The standstill period starts today and runs until 26 June. INM said… Continue reading INM agrees “financial standstill” deal with investors

Semantic search engine Wolfram Alpha has launched today, potentially changing the way users find information online.The service, developed by UK physicist Stephen Wolfram, responds to queries by searching through a database and providing a direct answer, including graphs and charts if relevant, rather than providing a list of links as Google does.Wolfram says that the… Continue reading Semantic “search engine” launches today

BBC Magazines is preventing the closure of Good Homes magazine by selling it to Kelsey Publishing.BBC Magazines announced the closure at the end of last month, citing a drop in circulation (see BBC Good Homes magazine set to close).Staff will be asked if they want to transfer to the new publisher, with Kelsey’s first issue… Continue reading Kelsey Publishing buys BBC Good Homes magazine

The Sun is cutting its cover price from 30p to 20p in London from today, making it the joint cheapest national newspaper in London with the Daily Star.The News International paper’s cover price will remain 60p in the capital on Saturdays.ABC figures for April show that the Sun had a circulation of just under three… Continue reading Sun cuts cover price to 20p in London

The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph‘s net circulation has increased by around 220,000 copies amid the MPs’ expense claims scandal.The first four days of reports in the Telegraph papers, which claim MPs’ have been ‘milking the system’ with their expenses, significantly boosted the sales of each title.Circulation of last Saturday’s Daily Telegraph increased by 56,000… Continue reading Telegraph sales soar

London free title Metro has launched a professional content channel on its user-generated MEview platform.The new VIP channel, which will feature a variety of celebrity interviews as well as coverage of high-profile events such as the Cannes Film Festival, has been produced by the digital broadcaster t5m.Metro also plans to add archive content to the… Continue reading Metro launches new VIP channel

While online UK newspapers draw substantial domestic audiences, most attract even larger international audiences, according to new research from comScore. comScore found that 15.9 million people in the UK visited a newspaper website in March, representing a 43% reach of the country’s online population. According to comScore, The Sun Online was the most popular online… Continue reading UK online newspapers drawing large international audiences