Rolf-Dieter Lafrenz: “Building cooperations between publishers”

Rolf-Dieter Lafrenz, Managing Director of the Schickler consulting company in Hamburg, Germany, discusses the development of the propensity to invest in the newspaper industry in Central Europe.

Big news brands embrace sponsored content but distrust lingers

BBC.com and The New York Times open digital platforms to paid-for content but journalists fear loss of credibility.

Social news app Trove gets a re-boot from former Washington Post owners

Graham Holdings has re-launched Trove, a social news application that uses a mix of human curators and algorithms to help readers find the content they are interested in.

Newsweek pushes print plans to March

Newsweek is delaying plans for reviving its print edition until early March.

Dow Jones launches Real-Time News Desk, CEO Fenwick departs

This week, The Wall Street Journal revealed the completion of its Real-Time News Desk, a major tool in its transition to a digital-first model.

Nigerian Watch switches publication frequency from once to twice a month

“We run out of copies before the end of every month. To satisfy this increasing demand for the publication, we have decided to increase frequency,” says Maryanne Jemide, Nigerian Watch’s managing director (pictured)

Intern’s interactive quiz tops NYT’s ‘most viewed’ list

An interactive quiz about dialects that wasn’t even published until nearly the end of the year has taken the top spot of The New York Times’ list of “Most Visited” content list for 2013.

Eric Bell: ‘It’s time to look forward with optimism’

Eric Bell, Goss International director of marketing services, about measures newspapers should initiate now in order to develop an upward trend.

AOL spins off its majority interest in Patch

AOL has announced that it is transferring control of Patch, its local news platform of some 900 websites across the United States, to Hale Global, an investment holding company.

Employees plan bid for Philadelphia newspapers

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