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NYT’s Bill Keller joining nonprofit news start-up

After a 30-year career at The New York Times, columnist and former executive editor Bill Keller is leaving to become the editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism start-up focused on the American criminal justice system.

Digital storytelling a natural fit for Olympic Winter Games

The 2014 Olympic Winter Games have seen news publishers continue promoting their digital stories as another way for audiences to become engaged with content.

Time Inc set to lay off hundreds more

In preparation for the spinoff from parent company Time Warner, Time Inc is expected to lay off a significant number of its staff.

Is this the year publishers find a way to reward readers?

Last year the newspaper paywall went mainstream, bringing much needed subscription revenue to some publishers and disappointment to others. What paywall developments await?

Social media networks, advertisers biggest winners in Super Bowl

Despite the score being lopsided before halftime, football fans still took to social media platforms in record numbers during the Super Bowl.

India’s Lokmat Group unveils ‘Freedom of Press’ sculpture

India’s Lokmat Group recently unveiled two sculptures commissioned by the group’s Chairman, Vijay Darda.

La Presse+ passes 400,000 mark

Canada’s La Presse+ has now been downloaded more than 400,000 times since the free, French-language iPad app made its debut last April, including 60,000 downloads just since 1 December, according to a report on Foliomag.com.

El Mundo editor Pedro J Ramírez bows out

Deputy editor gets top job

How a national newspaper turned into a national flag

A couple of years ago, on the occasion of the Independence Day in Sri Lanka, the national newspaper Mawbima wanted to help its readers celebrate this day with a innovative idea: Instead of looking at what could be published in the paper, they looked at what they could do with the paper.

Finnish media outlets could boycott World Ice Hockey Championships

Finnish media outlets are threatening to boycott the upcoming World Ice Hockey Championships being hosted by Belarus in May because their freedom to report is being threatened, according to Finnish news outlets Yle Uutiset and The Helsinki Times.