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Personal viewpoint: Journalists have responsibility to engage with audiences

Many editors and newsroom middle managers have stories about a circulation department that consistently failed to deliver papers on time (with the result that unhappy readers and agents would, as a last resort, complain to the newsdesk).

Google launches Media Tools for journalists

On Monday Google launched a new site that gathers together and explains each of the tools it provides for journalists. Media Tools is a sleek one-stop-shop for news reporters, acting as a go-to site for writers looking for information on stories and ways of presenting them.

Study: Pinterest tops Twitter in driving traffic to publishers

For the second year in a row, publishers are getting more traffic from Pinterest than they are from Twitter, according to a new study by Shareaholic, which tracked how eight of the most popular social networks are helping deliver traffic to publishers.

International Herald Tribune becomes International New York Times today

As of today the International Herald Tribune is being rebranded as the International New York Times, “a news report tailored specifically for the valued members of our global audience” says Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., publisher at the NYT. This change signals another step in the evolution of The New York Times newspaper.

Proposed Royal Press Charter in Britain draws outrage

Controversies over press freedom in Britain have been prominent in news headlines since the Leveson report last year, and current proposals for a Parliament-backed Royal Charter to govern press regulation is the subject of indignant and divisive debate.

Al Jazeera’s new online channel aims to ‘empower global conversations’

Launched as a response to the “generation of people who want to go behind the box,” Al Jazeera’s Innovation and Incubation Manager Moeed Ahmad promotes Al Jazeera Plus (AJ+) as “a fresh approach” to the interactive online population.

HOME BUSINESS DIGITAL MEDIA EDITORIAL INCUBATOR PRESS FREEDOM MEDIA POLICY Customisation and sponsored content – Big themes in the Berlin startup scene

On Tuesday evening at #WPE13 a group of publishers and investors visited 6 bright young Berlin media companies in 1 night. This is what we learned.

The new journalistic long tail

Publishers who want to increase engagment with their readers should ask themselves: “What are the things that people can do only on your site?” says Grig Davidovitz, CEO of RGB Media, Israel. “One of them is to do a blog, which is a very different thing than doing one on Facebook.”

Brazilian publisher rethinks Facebook

“Facebook is not this walk in the park we thought it was a few years ago. It is at the centre of a new advertising model,” according to Mariana Correa Esteves, Product Development Manager at Globo.com, Brazil.

Just Published: Online Comment Moderation, Emerging Best Practices

Encouraging readers to post online comments allows news media to connect with audiences, but the comments are too often uncivil, hateful, obscene or downright insulting. Moderating online conversations is an enormous task for news media. A new guide can help.