News Topical advertising builds stronger links with reader, says NMA study Research by the Newspaper Marketing Agency shows how clever advertising can help brands "piggyback" on the news. By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Local media business models start-up signs deals with major US news groups GrowthSpur will offer training and ad network support to new local news blogging networks By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News University of Central Lancashire wins 'general excellence' prize at BJTC awards UCLAN won two prizes, for general excellence in broadcast journalism training and in the Short TV category By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Scraperwiki organising series of events pairing journalists and programmers 'Hacks and Hackers Days' taking place in Liverpool and Birmingham aim to teach journalists about the art of programming and vice versa By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News BBC treated breakfast show staff with 'total contempt' over Salford move, say unions NUJ and BECTU statement claims staff who were not on shift yesterday found out about show's move to Salford via the press By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Team behind Broadersheet app launches 'Last.fm for news' New application, billed as a "social news service", will recommend articles to users based on friends' reading habits By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News New online marketplace for freelancers launched in Australia Freelancers can upload their work to Globizzle.com for free and the site will take a 10 per cent cut of the sale price of content By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News RBI offers web production training to staff Publisher will run a series of courses for production staff in CSS and HTML aimed at promoting new multi-platform skills throughout the company By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Skillset relaunches multi-platform training fund for TV professionals Industry body will give out £300,000 over the next year to support multi-platform training for TV journalists and freelance TV professionals By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News BBC may move breakfast show to Salford James Laidler published the information on his personal Twitter account, but has since deleted the tweets. He suggested staff will have six months to decide whether to move By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Jon Gaunt loses high court challenge against Ofcom Court rules that the Sun Talk radio presenter's interview with councillor Michael Stark was "offensive and abusive" By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Online and social media led to unprecedented engagement with election, says report Report suggests that Twitter has become a "core communication tool" in political and media circles and social media increased election participation among 18-24-year-olds By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
