News Demand Media among fastest growing UK online companies, traffic survey suggests Figures from the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM) suggest a 111 per cent growth in visits to Demand Media's sites from July 2009 to July 2010 By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Russian news agency launches awards to encourage user-generated content Readers can send material to the "You're a Reporter" site via SMS, email or an upload tool on the website and will now receive points for the quality of content, which can be swapped for prizes By Laura Oliver • 1 min read
News Breakdown of BBC stike ballot shows strong support for industrial action One individual ballot saw 100 per cent of BECTU union members at BBC Worldwide vote in favour of full strike action By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
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 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 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 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
