Press Association to offer liveblog tools via newswire feed

Press Association

New service aims to give regional publishers the opportunity to test the water with liveblogging and customise PA blogs for their own sites

Augmented reality

Talk About Local takes hyperlocal content to augmented reality

The community media project has announced it is working on a way of taking content from hyperlocals to augmented reality mobile apps

Rangers FC

Rangers football finance blog wins Orwell prize

Site investigating tax affairs at football club was 'born out of frustration at the Scottish media’s refusal to investigate this story'

'Very strong public mood' for 'strict' press regulation, finds poll

Two-thirds of respondents want PCC replaced by legally established body and 81 per cent are in favour of 'strict' regulatory limits on the press

Posted by Paul McNally on 24/05/12

Digital investments dent Associated Newspapers profit

Operating profit down 26% at DMGT's national newspaper division following investment in daily deals, property and recruitment search websites

Posted by Paul McNally on 24/05/12

AOP raises concerns about EU cookie directive

Chairman of the Association of Online Publishers says the industry body is worried the directive may 'compromise English language sites that compete with digital businesses based outside the Eurozone'

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 23/05/12

Digital revenues round-up: who's earning what and how

From online bingo to market intelligence data, the major publicly listed UK media companies are all emphasising their growth in digital revenue to investors. We look at how each company is performing digitally so far this year

Posted by Paul McNally on 23/05/12

Financial Times' first Hack Day kicks off

The Financial Times is running its first Hack Day from 12pm today

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 23/05/12

Infogr.am launches so journalists can easily create infographics

Data visualisation tool launches in public beta enabling digital journalists to create and embed infographics without the need for code and design skills

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23/05/12

Tom Watson: 'Privacy commissioner' needed for digital age

'Information abundance' online means people will be 'wrestling with notions of privacy for years to come' and a go-to organisation should be set up

Posted by Paul McNally on 23/05/12

News outlets urged to feedback on prosecution guidelines

The interim guidelines were published in April this year, with a consultation open until 10 July

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 22/05/12

Guardian's n0tice launches open journalism toolkit

The Guardian's n0tice platform opens API and allows all publishers to pull in content posted on the online noticeboard

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22/05/12

Analytics tool Visual Revenue launches headline testing

A new feature from the 'predictive analytics engine' helps digital editors see how one headline resonates with their audience over another

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22/05/12

Lifetime achievement Webby award for Michael Bloomberg

Founder of one of the first truly digital media companies has 'completely changed the way people interact with information in real time', judges said

Posted by Paul McNally on 22/05/12

Lord Mandelson: Leveson inquiry must not ignore online future

Inquiry is 'looking at digital media with a print history' and needs to get 'to grips with the internet as a whole', former business secretary says

Posted by Paul McNally on 22/05/12
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