May 2009
We’re going to a friends’ wedding today in Dorset which involves 8.30am train. Going out drinking last night was not big and not clever…
It’s a nice day for a white wedding!
Newspapers must look beyond SEO and Twitter to... →
Newspapers bosses have been told they must do more than adapt their business models to embrace the internet and need to look beyond existing models and trends to ensure survival.
Microsoft to launch Bing with $100m ad campaign -... →
Microsoft has confirmed it is launching its long-awaited search engine Bing that will directly compete against Google when it rolls out globally by 3 June.
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Google Web Elements
Google Web Elements allow you to easily add your favorite Google products onto your own website.
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iList Classifieds – Post and Search Free Classified Ads
At iList, we harness the power of your social networks on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and more to share your listing with millions…
Fred Bowers reminds me of a really old Tires from Spaced. I can imagine him bopping away to a pedestrian crossing. He likes Hip AND Hop.#bgt
Wow. 2grand are actually really good. #bgt
Online news trading post rolls out in UK - Brand... →
Beamups, an online marketplace for buying and selling news content has gone live in the UK today, acting as a platform for cash-strapped news broadcasters to buy and sell unused or breaking stills…
Free newspapers attract increased readership -... →
Free newspapers continue to attract new readers, according to the latest National Readership Survey data, led by Associated-owned newspapers London Lite and Metro, which registered year-on-year…
Google Wave: Google Tries to Reinvent Email →
Google today announced a new Internet-based communications and collaboration platform: Google Wave. While some of the details are still a bit sketchy, Google Wave looks to be an integrated…
REA Group Considers Closing Propertyfinder |... →
In an announcement to the Australian stock market today, the REA Group said that it was commencing a review of their UK operations. The announcement also flagged a potential closure of all or part of…
GMG renames Reading weekly newspapers - Media news... →
Guardian Media Group-owned newspaper the Reading Evening Post is to relaunch as a weekly paid-for title called the Reading Post, while its sister paper, currently the Reading Post, will be renamed…
Time Warner spins off AOL into a separate company... →
Time Warner is to formally spin off AOL into a separate company - potentially paving the way for a sale of the internet giant.
Got home in time to catch Messi’s goal. All over for Utd now? Means City will havetopay more for Messi and E’to this summer #championsleague
Guardian News & Media taps Hartley (@foodiesarah) for web projects: http://twurl.nl/g1u175 (RT @paidContentUK)
On my way to @sweetmandarin #tweetup for dim sum &chit chat, then dashing off to watch #championsleague somewhere. Maybe home, pubs rammed!
Football #fail. Couldn’t get hold of my brother to meet him, every pub in Manc full, bars at station closed, next train home misses game. :(
BBC iPlayer has a funny definition of “coming soon” after 9pm… 2 hours, 30 mins, still nothing? #apprentice http://bit.ly/apprentice5_10
Dennis licenses trio of e-zines for Scandinavian... →
Dennis Publishing is furthering its online expansion, weeks after converting Maxim into an online-only brand, by licensing a clutch of e-zines - including Monkey - into Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
Online-Only Seattle Post-Intelligencer Off to... →
The Guardian to launch into local web market with... →
etails of the project have yet to be officially unveiled, but sectors of the digital and publishing community in the city are a buzz with rumours of what form the new site will take and how it will
Thomas Cook travel agents to intervene during... →
The travel company is introducing live web chat to guide online customers through the process of buying their holiday with travel agents interrupting people on thomascook.com to ask them if they…
Sky News launches ad-funded video app for iPhone |... →
The app delivers breaking news via text, images and video. In a move the broadcaster claims is a first for a UK-based broadcast company, users will also be able to send their own news and pictures to…
Twitter poses risks for papers - Other Views -... →
The end began in January 1998, when Matt Drudge broke the story on his blog that linked President Clinton amorously to a young White House intern. At least that’s how his scoop is remembered, as a…
InStyle website has a makeover - Brand Republic... →
The redesigned site will offer fresh commercial opportunities, including leaderboards and larger-sized multiple purpose units (MPUs).
Editorial changes to the website include enhanced fashion…
Industry Moves: GNM Taps Hartley For Web Projects;... →
Former MEN Media head of online editorial Sarah Hartley, who left last week after eight years, is joining GMG stablemate Guardian News & Media to work on “online developmental projects”. …
Manchester City Will Match United - Garry Cook -... →
The City chief executive thinks that the day is coming when a blue sun will rise over Manchester…
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100+ Massive WordPress Tutorial Collection | tripwire magazine
In this article tripwire magazine provides one of the most comprehensive compilations of Tutorials for WordPress. The…
Facebook Raises $200M; Now Valued at $10 Billion - http://bit.ly/44glfm (RT via @mashable)
Web brand becomes a newspaper: Was Reading Evening Post, now Reading Post + GetReading (http://www.getreading.co.uk) http://bit.ly/GGrIp
Any Wordpress MU experts out there? I need somebody to work alongside our developers in Manchester for a week or two. (Please RT)
#bgt is just so surreal…
Stavros Flatley win the public phone vote. Surely the public should be calling social services instead…? #bgt
Ok peoples of Twitter & facebook: don’t tell me what happens in tonight’s Apprentice. I plan to watch it after the footie. KTHNXBYE
Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter dies: Exodus was pronnounced dead on Tuesday morning http://tinyurl.com/plln64 (via @Nowonline)
As a City fan i’m torn between a dislike of Utd & a desire for English success. Hope Utd win, but without Ronaldo, who’ll cry like a girl :)
Late injury scare for Ronaldo? http://bit.ly/q2BS1 (RT via @mattorchard / @SkySportsNews)
Geniuses @bloggerheads have done the perfect spoof of the horrible BNP kid puppet thing: http://www.bloggerheads.com/ (via @FamousRob)
AudioBoo is new talk of the net | →
British sound-sharing website attracts 1m page views in first three months
Esquire launches first website following magazine... →
Men’s monthly Esquire has launched a website for the first time following the relaunch of its print magazine.
Twitter’s Biz Stone: Thoughts On Repositioning... →
Earlier this week, I talked with Twitter cofounder Biz Stone on a variety of issues about Twitter but especially focused around search. In the interview, he
BBC NEWS | Technology | New rate for music digital... →
The music collection society - PRS - have unveiled a new pricing plan it hopes may entice YouTube and Pandora back to the UK market.
From 1 July 2009, firms will have to pay 0.085p for each track…
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Is there a problem with... →
Germany is considering a crackdown on paintball after a teenager killed 15 people in March. But is it harmful to dress up in overalls and run around the woods covering each other in goo?
Confirmed: Facebook accepts $200 million... →
Facebook have officially accepted an investment of $200 million from Digital Sky Technologies in exchange for a 1.96 percent equity stake, valuing the company at $10 billion. The company also plans…
Journalism jobs and news from... →
Jobs in journalism and news from the UK regional newspaper industry
10 Wordpress Tips to Make Your Blog Look Like a... →
in this article I’ll run through 10 fairly straightforward ways that a beginning developer or blogger can customize their Wordpress theme to ensure it doesn’t “look like a blog” — at least to a…
Journalism jobs and news from... →
Jobs in journalism and news from the UK regional newspaper industry
Time Warner To Decide On AOL Spinoff At Thursday... →
Sources close to AOL tell us that the board of directors will make a final decision on the AOL spinoff at a board meeting this Thursday, May 28, possibly undoing the $147 billion 2001 merger of the…
Joanna Shields to leave AOL | →
Former Bebo president Joanna Shields is to step down from her newish role as president of AOL’s People Networks 14 months after the ‘generous’ $850m acquisition.