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Digital Economy Bill sets out framework for regional TV news consortia plan

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:42:00 -0800

The Government set out set out the legislative framework for regional news consortia to provide local broadcast news outside the BBC today in its Digital Economy Bill.

Union to call on BBC Trust to cap Mark Thompson�s salary

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:36:00 -0800

The National Union of Journalists will call on the BBC Trust to cap the salary of director general Mark Thompson at around �200,000.

Rory Peck Awards: Full list of winners

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:11:00 -0800

The courage and professionalism of freelance journalists who risk their lives to provide broadcast news footage from around the world was recognised last night at the Rory Peck Awards.

10 new journalism jobs found today

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:16:09 -0800

Press Gazette has found ten new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery is hiring editorial production assistant. You will be responsible for checking all material submitted for publication complies with our guidelines, providing essential back-up for several [...]

NUJ ADM: 'Tories to sleepwalk into Berlusconi's Britain'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:02:00 -0800

The president of the NUJ today warned against sleepwalking to Berlusconi�s Britain under a Conservative government keen to deregulate media ownership rules.

FT proposes two per cent pay hike for journalists and £40k minimum

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:10:20 -0800

Good news for journalists on the FT which is reportedly ending its year-long pay freeze. It is proposing a two per cent pay hike from 1 January and a new minimum salary for fully qualified senior journalists of £40,000. FT managing editor Dan Bogler told staff in a memo reported by The Guardian: “It balances a decent [...]

WSJ attracts 30,000 Kindle subscribers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:18 -0800

Dow Jones boss Les Hinton has revealed that the Wall Street Journalo, the US financial daily owned by News Corp, now has 30,000 subscribers to the Kindle e-reader edition. Paidcontent reveals that this may make gross subs income of $4.5m a year. But News Corp may only be getting half of that, and Amazon controls the [...]

James Murdoch: Entertainment will be more important than journalism

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:45:00 -0800

News Corp boss for Europe and Asia James Murdoch has said that journalism won�t play as a big a role in his group�s future as entertainment.

Local editor overjoyed as council cancels £300,000 newsletter

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:41:34 -0800

Thurrock Council, in Essex, has abandoned plans to launch a fortnightly council newsletter costing £300,000 per year. Plans were thrown out after council leaders found there was no business case for the publication. Thurrock Gazette editor Steve Lewis said he hoped the decision would prove to other councils that tax-payer funded newsletters will not work. He said: “Clearly [...]

ITN set to reveal first ever losses and jobs go too, claim reports

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:53:27 -0800

ITN is expected to reveal its first ever losses on Thursday as new chief executive John Hardie unveils a new set of measures aimed at putting the organisation back on an even keel, the Financial Times reported. John Hardie, who came into the job in June, will tell his 800 journalists and commercial staff that the [...]

Ten new journalism jobs found today

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:29:53 -0800

Press Gazette has found ten new jobs for journalists today. To view the daily archive of our journalism jobs search click on Journalism Jobs.Consumerchoices, an Ofcom-accredited comparison website, is looking for a journalist/content writer (£25-30K). You will be responsible for producing a broad range of content for the company’s comparison sites. You will have two [...]

Former editor of Socialist Worker Chris Harman dies of heart attack

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:15:49 -0800

Former editor of Socialist Worker Chris Harman has died in Cairo of a heart attack at the age of 67. The Independent today carries an obituary of Harman, who it describes as “a kind and decent man who never gave a thought to personal advancement”.

British police may have found body of murdered British journalist in Beirut

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:03 -0800

British police forensic researchers may have found the body of British journalist Alec Collett in Beirut. Collet was on a writing assignment for the UN in 1985 when he was abducted by a Palestinian group calling itself The Revolutionary Organisation of Socialist Muslims, The Times reports. In 1986 a videotape was released purporting to show Collet [...]

Guardian News & Media: Not that far out of line with the market, after all

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:34:13 -0800

Did 25% of Guardian News & Media’s revenue base really disappear into thin air between April and September? Last week, the Guardian itself left the door open to this interpretation. The Times appeared to confirm it, suggesting that revenues at the Guardian and the Observer had declined by £33m since April. The contextual maths are unpleasant. In [...]

Guardian News & Media: Not that far out of line with the market, after all

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:34:13 -0800