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US advertisers spend more online

AFP Companies will spend $US119.6 billion ($A131.91 billion) on online and digital strategies and $US111.5 billion ($A122.97 billion) on newspaper and magazine advertisements and other print campaigns, according to the study by California-based Outsell. Outsell, which provides research and

Miami Herald drops reader contribution program

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Click to enlarge photo WASHINGTON (AFP) - Just two months after it was launched, The Miami Herald is ending a program asking online readers to make a contribution to support the newspaper. The Miami Herald , in a brief article over the weekend, said it was
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Online fee plan for NY Times discussed

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"We are, and have been for quite a long time, the largest newspaper-owned website in the world," said Martin Nisenholtz, the senior vice president for digital operations at the Times. "We intend to remain the largest newspaper-owned website in the world," Nisenholtz said at "paidContent
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NY Times execs discuss online fee plan

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"We are, and have been for quite a long time, the largest newspaper-owned website in the world," said Martin Nisenholtz, the senior vice president for digital operations at the Times on Friday. "We intend to remain the largest newspaper-owned website in the world," Nisenholtz said at
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NY Times execs discuss online fee plan

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AFP Top New York Times executives have expressed confidence that a plan to start charging readers of the newspaper's website from next year will not result in a significant loss of traffic. "We are, and have been for quite a long time, the largest newspaper-owned website in the world,"
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New York Times posts four-fold increase in yearly profit but shares still fall

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The Times Co reported a net profit of $US90.74 million ($104 million) in the fourth quarter compared with a net loss of $US27.78 million ($31.76 million) in the same quarter a year ago. For the full year, the Times Co, which owns the flagship New York Times , International Herald
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New York Times to charge online readers

"The new approach, referred to as the metered model, will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number," the New York Times Co said in a statement on Wednesday. "This will enable NYTimes.com to create a second revenue

New York Times to charge online readers

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AFP The New York Times announced has that it plans to begin charging online readers of the newspaper at the beginning of next year. "The new approach, referred to as the metered model, will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they
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SCMP cuts more than 30 editorial jobs

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AFP Hong Kong's English-language daily the South China Morning Post on Tuesday laid off more than 30 editorial staff as part of a restructuring exercise, sources said. In an internal email circulated among staff and seen by AFP, the Post's Editor-in-Chief Reginald Chua said the company...
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Google allows free content limits

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AP Google Inc is allowing publishers of paid content to limit the number of free news articles accessed by people using its internet search engine, a concession to an increasingly disgruntled media industry. There has been mounting criticism of Google's practices from media publishers...
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Washington Post closes US bureaus

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AFP The Washington Post, in a cost-cutting move, is closing its last three domestic bureaus in the United States, the newspaper reported on Tuesday. The six correspondents in the New York, Los Angeles and Chicago bureaus will be reassigned to Washington but three news assistants will...
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News Corp. Joined by Rivals Weighing Google Block (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

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News Corp. is considering blocking Google’s search engine from displaying its news articles and is talking to Microsoft Corp. about displaying stories on its Bing site, people familiar with the situation said yesterday. MediaNews Group Inc., the Post’s publisher, will block Googl
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US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28%

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AFP US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 per cent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies. Print and online advertising revenue declined to $US6.4 billion ($A6.96 billion) in the third quarter from...
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US newspaper circulation falling fast, down 10.6%

The decline in US newspaper circulation is accelerating as the industry struggles with defections to the internet and tumbling ad revenue. Figures released on Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that average daily circulation dropped 10.6 per cent in the April-September

US newspaper circulation falling fast, down 10.6%

The decline in US newspaper circulation is accelerating as the industry struggles with defections to the internet and tumbling ad revenue. Figures released on Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that average daily circulation dropped 10.6 per cent in the April-September period

Newsday to charge online readers

AFP Newsday said readers who do not subscribe to the print version of the newspaper or Cablevision, the cable television service which owns the daily, will have to pay five dollars a week for full access to Newsday.com. The paper, which caters mainly to readers on Long Island, said it will

Future of newspapers is digital: Murdoch

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has said that the future of newspapers is digital, but it may be ten to 15 years before readers go fully electronic.