News #media140 – Al Jazeera's early start reporting revolutions When revolutions began in north Africa and countries across the Middle East, Al Jazeera's links with bloggers improved its news coverage By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Liverpool Echo and Western Morning News partner to hand out government grants Two regional newspapers are partnering to hand out government cash to local firms By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News News translation service Worldcrunch chalks up first distribution deal Distribution deal with Time magazine website will see foreign articles translated by Worldcrunch appear on the Time.com blogs By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Another departure at WAN-IFRA as senior figure leaves to head new venture Martha Stone, former director of the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project at WAN-IFRA, will take charge of the World Newsmedia Network (WNMN) By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Imprisoned Iranian journalist named laureate of UNESCO press freedom prize Golden Pen Award winner Ahmad Zeidabadi has been made laureate of the UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize while serving a six-year prison sentence By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Freeland takes editorial control of Thomson Reuters digital news Chrystia Freeland to take editorial control of Thomson Reuters' consumer online, mobile and digital services By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Parliamentary committee raises concerns over BBC savings The Committee of Public Accounts says it is concerned with 'the ease' with which the broadcaster found more than £50 million in savings By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News ABC scraps compulsory 12-month audit for Times and FT Rule change means it is no longer mandatory for members to have audited web traffic figures published every 12 months By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News Lord Lester to give evidence on defamation bill to new committee Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill will take evidence on the draft bill and report back to parliament in July By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Archant senior executives depart in significant restructure Managing directors Stephan Phillips and Stuart McCreery left the publisher on Friday By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
News BBC and Channel 4 lead One World Media Awards shortlist Broadcasters have nine nominations each for the international development and human rights media awards By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Farnham university to cut half its journalism courses University for the Creative Arts in Farnham is to cancel two out of four journalism courses as part of cost-cutting measures By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
