News ITN strikes video content deal with Metro Metro.co.uk will receive UK and world news, sports, showbiz and fashion video clips By Emily Sneyd • 1 min read
News Advertising Standards Authority extends remit to cover all online ads Revised code means marketing communications on advertisers' own websites and social media sites will be subject to the same regulation as TV and newspaper ads By Laura Oliver • 2 min read
News NUJ criticises reported closure of Irish local newspapers According to a statement released by the journalists' union on its website, the Athlone Voice, Longford News and Roscommon Champion could be closed with immediate effect By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News South African journalism schools sign statement protesting information bill Bill gives government power to classify documents such as government contracts or those produced by state-owned enterprises as secret and arrest an journalists who publishes them By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News BBC staff vote to strike over pensions More than 90 per cent of members across three unions vote in favour of strike action over proposed changes to broadcaster's pension scheme By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
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
