News Heat to bring rolling showbiz news to new music channel Heat TV will launch next month in a bid to 'properly explore' a new audience on broadcast and combine music with celebrity and entertainment editorial By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Clive Gee/PA News Freelance journalist plans Syria protest in 'duty to take note' Freelance journalist Louise Tickle is organising the protest, to be held on Sunday, against killings in Syria in the past year, including the 49 children killed in Houla last month By Rachel McAthy • 3 min read
Credit: By Yutaka Tsutano on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News #GEN2012: BBC apps recorded 15m global downloads one year in BBC general manager of news and knowledge at the BBC Phil Fearnley told the News World Summit a third of worldwide downloads of its apps were android and two thirds iOS By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News Financial Times releases Windows 8 preview The Financial Times is launching a preview version of its Windows 8 app today, which can be accessed on mobile or desktop devices running the Windows 8 operating system By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
Credit: By luisvilla on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Google: News groups need to hire 'restless agents of change' 'Attention deficit' and changing reader definition of news requires a 'profound change in the way editorial teams operate', says founder of Google News at at #GEN2012 By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News Washington Post's Cory Haik to deliver news:rewired keynote Cory Haik, executive producer for digital news at the Washington Post, will be one of more than 30 speakers at the digital journalism conference on 13 July By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: by FreedomHouse on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Wadah Khanfar: Syrian social media proved vital and accurate Wadah Khanfar spoke about the challenges of reporting on Syria and the need for news outlets to question government policies By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Times and Sunday Times to pull down paywall for Jubilee It is the first time The Times and Sunday Times websites will be free to access since the paywall went up two years ago By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News CNN to appoint new ambassador for iReport in London The appointment is the first made by citizen journalism platform iReport outside the US By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News App of week for journalists: WordPress, now with easy comments moderation V3 of WordPress for iOS has a few handy new features, such as the ability to moderate comments in a simple swipe gesture By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Guardian wins Data Journalism Award for riot interactive Jury member Peter Barron of Google described the Guardian's interactive as a 'compelling piece of data journalism' By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Robert Scoble on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Digital news report: 'Mobile strategy is now mandatory' New research revealed at #GEN2012 into how digital technology is affecting news consumption identifies four key areas for revenue growth and emphasises importance of smartphones, video and social media By Paul McNally • 2 min read
