News Al Jazeera English launches new site design, adds comment and debate Updated website now offers spaces for comment and debate where the previous design was based on a 'read only' format By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Investment group sells Czech hyperlocal news project European financial and investment group PPF Group has sold off its pioneering "hyperlocal" news project the Nase Adresa initiative, which launched in spring 2009 By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Journalist accused of forging interviews can finally make libel victory public Michael Leidig, chairman of the National Association of Press Agencies, prevented from making his case result public by an Austrian court By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Google and Associated Press strike new deal on content licensing Under new agreement, 'duplicate articles' based on the newswire's copy will be removed from initial Google results By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Curriculum takes shape for journalism and programming online course Six-week "Open Journalism on the Open Web" initiative is backed by the Hacks/Hackers group, Media Consortium, Mozilla Foundation, and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Breaking news agency BNO withdraws iPhone app, expands wire services Decision to close the app is part of the organisation's "transformation into a paid-for service", says founder By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News STV names Herald man David Milne as executive editor of local network Milne will oversee launch of new hyperlocal sites by broadcaster starting with North Lanarkshire By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News July ABCes: Daily Mail online traffic rises again despite drops for other newspapers MailOnline.co.uk was the only audited national newspaper website in the UK to receive a month-on-month increase in unique browser traffic for July By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News National coordinator appointed to improve science journalism training The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) has tasked former Physics World section editor Martin Griffiths with identifying priorities for new training By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News Unions gather in Ethiopia to discuss safety of journalists working in Africa Two-day event is the product of a collaboration between the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and the African Union Commission By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Johnston Press strikes deal with user-generated review site Qype Publisher will use Qype software to power new listings on its network of local websites By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News The Printed Blog returns with new subscription model Start-up that turned blog content into printed newspapers has been brought back to life by its founder as a new magazine By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
