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Employees plan bid for Philadelphia newspapers

Two prominent Philadelphia newspapers could see their employees become owners soon.

Respected American journalist expelled from Russia

In the first occurrence of its kind since the Cold War, Russian authorities have expelled an American journalist and barred him from re-entering the country for five years.

Australian journalism lecturer appointed first research fellow with WAN-IFRA

Julie Posetti, an academic and journalist at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia, will join the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) after securing a 12-month research fellowship to investigate and report on the future of journalism and newspapers.

LA Times launches e-commerce website

In the latest attempt by a Tribune Co. newspaper to generate more online revenue, the Los Angeles Times announced on Monday the launch of a new shopping website, District West.

Study: Washington Post ‘most popular’ US newspaper site on Twitter

The Washington Post was the most popular newspaper in the United States last year on Twitter, according to a recent study. The New York Times was a close second, followed by USA Today.

DME speaker Matt Lindsay on the economics of paid content

“Newspapers have the ability to do what pay TV has done, which is to create bundles”

Farewell web pages, hello streams

The web page as a unit of content is on its way to extinction, contends Jack Marshall, staff writer at Digiday. He might be exaggerating somewhat, but there does seem to be a trend toward streams of content and away from discrete pages.

Huffington Post, Berggruen Institute launching new global affairs website

The Huffington Post in conjunction with the Berggruen Institute on Governance have announced plans to launch a new online publication, The World Post, that “aspires to be the one publication where the whole world meets,” and which will have a highly distinguished list of contributors.

‘Do Something’: Guardian launches monthly supplement

‘Do Something’ is the title of a new monthly lifestyle magazine that Guardian News & Media (GNM) is launching as a supplement to its weekend edition of the Guardian. The first issue appears on 11 January 2014.

France announces winners of Louise Weiss Prize

The French government on Wednesday announced the latest recipients of the Louise Weiss Prize.