Paid online content has optimistic future, study suggests

More people are paying for online news, and those who don’t digitally subscribe are warming to the idea of doing so, according to a new study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.

2013 is ‘do or die’ for Patch

Halfway through Patch’s “do-or-die year,” AOL’s goals to break even appear a lofty fantasy. The hyperlocal news community must halve its expenses and double its revenues, suggesting that Patch may soon join many of its recently defunct peers.

Murdoch’s empire to split today

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will be split in two today, Wednesday 19 June, in order to separate the company’s thriving entertainment assets and its less lucrative publishing assets into two distinct empires: 21st Century Fox and New News Corp respectively.

How data is transforming news

This is a guest post from Kylie Davis, network editor, Real Estate, News Ltd, Australia, and World Editors Forum board member.

Data is fundamentally changing journalism from a manufacturing industry where the focus is on the production of informative content, to a service industry driven by data based insights into the location, the information needs and the behaviour and emotions of readers and helps them solve problems.

Indian committee pushes for punishment of paid news ‘cancer’

Referring to paid news as a “cancer” that has overtaken the country, an Indian committee is advocating for stricter penalties, including imprisonment, for journalists that accept payment for favorable coverage.

Advertisement charging a cellphone

Nice idea for an advert for Nivea sun care products: A solar panel integrated into a printed magazine ad allows to use the sun not only for tanning, but also for charging your mobile phone.

Washington Post announces two new TV shows

The Washington Post announced two new video shows as part of its PostTV initiative, which will gain traction in the coming weeks.

At Colombia’s El Tiempo, partnerships are the key

Jon Ruiz is CEO of Casa Editorial El Tiempo, publisher of Colombia’s leading national daily newspaper and numerous other publications. He joined the company in 2004 after five years with Unilever and 15 years with Philip Morris. On 30-31 October he will give a keynote speech at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Latinoamérica 2013 in Bogotá. We talked with him ahead of the conference, to get a picture of the challenges faced by a successful Latin American publisher in the age of the Internet.

New editors tapped for Lebedev titles to further ‘integration’

Evgeny Lebedev announced several hierarchical reorganizations for his titles, including the appointment of Amol Rajan as editor of The Independent.

Social media editor role isn’t dying; it’s expanding

The social media editor is not dead, contrary to Rob Fishman’s widely-circulated thesis, published in BuzzFeed on 29 May. Industry analysts agree that the job is still essential to newsrooms, but its responsibilities are evolving. Focus has shifted from marketing to editorial, with staffers living up to the title “editor.”