Media - Internet

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has launched an initiative to develop a new measurement standard for newspaper readership, both print and digital. Newspaper salesman Dallas Airs sells a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle at his newspaper stand in San Francisco in 2006. Several media research firms have created combined measurements to show the advertising community and media investors...

Google built an empire delivering advertisements across the Internet, and now it plans to distribute content from media companies just as aggressively. Google is working with Dow Jones & Company, Condé Nast, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other large content companies to syndicate their video content on other Web sites. The videos appear inside Google ad boxes on sites that are relevant to the...

The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) Thursday launched the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) in Europe to continue its work and offer an extended range of products and services as part of a broader mission that incorporates technology, events, public policy and education. The new institute's vision is to increase safety, decrease fear and expand the benefits of the increasingly...

Just when newspapers are talking local, here’s a research study which should make newspapers think again – 67 per cent of the respondents of the study never visited their local daily newspaper’s website in 2006. The number is down from 70 per cent in 2003, but up 3 percentage points from 2005. The authors, however, cautioned newspapers about interpreting users’ behaviour on these sites – “some of...

Yahoo! is hoping a quirky take on the news will strike a chord as its next original programming effort. The Web giant confirmed Wednesday that it will launch a new initiative before the end of this quarter that will feature a journalist-cum-crooner who will sing the news. While a Yahoo! spokesman declined to elaborate on the video project, which will be titled "Odd News Underground," he did issue...

Google has shut down a controversial blog because of threats posted on the site Wednesday against New Zealand Green MP Sue Bradford. A Google official said the US-based giant had previously censored postings that breached its terms of service but had now closed the site permanently because of "repeat violations". With New Zealand's so-called anti-smacking bill, which would make it an offence for...

CNNMoney.com was the most visited business-destination Web site of 2006, according to 12-month averages of the Nielsen/NetRatings Financial News and Information category. The site beat competitors Forbes.com, Marketwatch.com, BusinessWeek.com and WSJ.com in number of unique visitors, page views and gross-usage minutes. CNNMoney.com hopes to solidify this title with a site redesign that will...

Reuters is to launch a consumer-targeted African news and information portal that will include a continent-wide network of local bloggers. Reuters Africa aims to bring together a range of financial news, breaking general news and features that the company's diverse and extensive network of reporters file from across the continent. Content will also include sports coverage and clips of video...

The online version of VG, the biggest-selling tabloid newspaper in Norway, had the latest news flashes on the death of Anna Nicole Smith, of course. But a little down the page was something else — oil company earnings reports. The financial headlines link readers to E24, an online business “newspaper.” Not many tabloids feature business fare on their front pages, and perhaps even fewer papers...

Most Indian news websites score extremely low when it comes to being responsive to its users, a recent survey has found. According to a User-Friendly Index developed by online research consultancy firm JuxtConsult based on 32 individual usability criteria, the most user-friendly news website is Aajtak with a score of 0.656 on a scale of 1.0. Timesofindia.com was fourth with an index of 0.625...