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Ampp3d explores new ways to go viral

Trinity Mirror launched its latest online journalism project, Ampp3d, this week. The venture looks to use the format of viral news sites like BuzzFeed and Gawker, but change the content with verified news that matters.

Reports indicate China has tightened restrictions on foreign reporters in 2013

According to the Foreign Correspondents Club of China, the country has heightened restrictions on foreign reporters during the past year.

How the media are covering Nelson Mandela’s death

Nelson Mandela’s face dominates front pages of the world’s newspapers today, after South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma announced the death of the great leader.

Quebecor, Canada’s largest publisher, cutting 200 jobs

Sun Media, a division of Quebecor Media Inc. and Canada’s largest newspaper publisher, announced 200 layoffs on Wednesday, with a quarter of them coming from the editorial department.

Conference looks at how journalists are dealing with change

“You have to try a lot harder if you’re a journalist… It’s no longer where you went to school or what degrees you have. It is your skill,” Mathew Ingram, a senior writer with Gigaom, told participants at the School of Journalism at Sciences-Po in Paris during its annual conference on new journalism practices earlier this week.

New York magazine to reduce frequency in print

Despite optimism surrounding US magazine advertising revenues, which increased 4 percent in the third quarter, another prominent American magazine has decided to decrease its number of print editions, due at least in part to its own revenue losses.

Start-ups find paywalls a barrier in building audience

Paywalls have the potential to bring in extra revenue for some media outlets – but they may prove to be damaging to new media start-ups as shown by Matter’s decision last week to forgo its paywalls in an effort to increase its readership.

In USA, Thanksgiving Day newspapers weigh in with bargains

The planning process for today’s issue of most daily newspapers in the USA today began many weeks ago, since Thanksgiving Day marks their biggest issue of the year, packed full of advertisements.

Groupon re-invents itself as coupon marketplace

Groupon is re-inventing itself. The company became known for sending subscribers a daily e-mail, offering certain discounts and products every morning. Its new mandate is to remake itself as a digital coupon marketplace.

Next Issue Canada launched

Rogers Media, Canada’s third largest media company based on market share, together with partners has launched Next Issue Canada, a digital magazine service aimed at reviving its stagnant publishing division, which accounts for a quarter of its overall revenue.