Americas

Gannett, the largest US newspaper publisher, and Yahoo! have announced a local advertising partnership that brings together Gannett's strong local media organization brands, sales capabilities, and leading website audiences with Yahoo!'s high quality audience and display advertising leadership. All of Gannett's 81 local publishing organizations and seven of its Broadcasting Division sites will...

Retired Panama journalist Carlos Núñez was released on July 14 after 19 days in detention, according to delayed reports received by Paris-based Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). Núñez was arrested on June 26 after being convicted in absentia as a result of a libel suit brought against him 10 years ago. At the time of his arrest, he was completely unaware he had been convicted over an article he...

The Gannett Company, the largest newspaper publisher in the US, said on Friday that its second-quarter profit more than doubled from a year ago, helped by a rebound in broadcast revenue, a one-time tax gain and a less severe drop in print advertising, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. But revenue at the company, which publishes USA Today, and owns more than 80 other daily newspapers and 23...

The Brazilian daily Jornal do Brasil will discontinue its print edition and publish exclusively on the Internet starting September 1, the owner of the 119-year-old newspaper said Wednesday. Based in Rio de Janeiro, the once-influential paper has lost thousands of subscribers in recent years amid turmoil in the editorial offices and serious financial woes. Though it was founded by monarchists...

A US appeals court has struck down a government policy that banned the broadcasting of profanity, ruling that the rule is unconstitutional, says a BBC report. The policy was drawn up in 2004 and meant that broadcasters could be fined if indecent words went on air. The details: [ Link] The court said the FCC's (Federal Communications Commission) policy had a "chilling effect" on broadcasters. The...

The Colombian Attorney-General's Office has recently taken a number of decisions regarding the murders of journalists Jaime Rengifo Revero (2003), Jaime Garzón Forero (1999) and Guillermo Cano Isaza (1986), according to Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP). A judge in the city of Barranquilla has charged two former members of the United Self Defence Group of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de...

Imprisoned Cuban journalist Mijail Bárzaga Lugo was released from jail and flown Thursday to Madrid, where he joined a group of eight of his colleagues freed and brought to Spain this week as part of an extensive release by the Cuban government, according to international press reports. Bárzaga Lugo, who was arrested in March 2003, arrived in Madrid with his family on an Air Europe flight around 2...

Six Cuban journalists who spent more than seven years in prison for their independent reporting and commentary arrived in Spain today in the first wave of what is expected to be an extensive release of political prisoners by the Cuban government, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Cuban independent journalists Léster Luis González Pentón, Omar Ruíz Hernández, Julio César...

Mexican radio reporter Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina was abducted on Friday by unidentified gunmen and found shot to death the next day in the city of Montemorelos, state of Nuevo León, according to local news reports. Martínez, 45, a reporter for the Montemorelos-based radio station XEDD La Tremenda, was picked up on Friday evening by unidentified assailants, according to the reports. Gunmen in...

While magazine publishers in the US are still determining how to make money from online advertising, there's no question that they have succeeded in establishing online sales channels for print magazine subscriptions, according to a new survey from the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA). Specifically, the MPA found that online sales now account for 24 per cent of all new magazine subscription...