Global Watch

Zurich-based Swiss media company Tamedia is acquiring Basler Zeitung from Zeitungshaus AG and in return selling their interests in the Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich, Switzerland’s oldest newspaper, and other freesheets to Zeitungshaus AG.…

In a latest development, ppi Media provides a new service to Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag (sh:z) in Flensburg and undertaking production control tasks for the publishing house. The publisher with the highest circulation newspaper…

Saying there is still room for local and longer read in printed newspapers, a former regional newspaper editor Tim Dixon has launched his own community title in Devon where he lives in southwest England. Tim is former editor of Western…

IFRA & DCX exhibitions agree on a co-operation with the network for global magazine media, FIPP, including a participation in the congress programme in October in Berlin. FIPP, the network for global media, will join forces with IFRA…

WE-Druck, a part of NWZ-Media Group and operates as an independent newspaper printing house, based in Oldenburg in Germany, has opted for a highly automated newspaper press from Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) for the first time with the…

The latest report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism examines how local news organisations in Europe are adapting to an increasingly digital, mobile, and platform-dominated environment. The report titled The Digital…

In March this year, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of its Google News Initiative, a $300 million programmed aimed at ‘building a strong future for journalism’ as the company put it. That came on top of the previous Digital…

This is all about looking at users from a business point of view, and what Financial Times (FT.com) wants them to be, as the newspaper knows people pay for habits. So they want to focus on habits. Habits are the best way to increase…

Rejecting Axel Springer’s claim ad blocking, Germany‘s highest civil court has ruled that the online ad blocker AdBlock Plus does not violate any competition law. Applications that filter out and hide website advertisements may remain…

The U.K. publisher of The Guardian announced that they have launched a new non-profit, at theguardian.org, to raise money from people and foundations to support its journalism. The non-profit has raised $1 million in grants since it was…