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Media360: Printed newspapers have a healthy future says Evening Standard man

John Reynolds — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

The London Evening Standard and other printed newspapers have a "healthy life" ahead of them, according to Jon O'Donnell, commercial director at the London title, which this year is expected to turn in a profit after years of heavy losses.

Steve Alexander to leave Channel 4 after 20 years

Maisie McCabe — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:20:00 GMT

Steve Alexander, who was recently promoted to trading lead at Channel 4, is to retire from Channel 4 after 20 years at the company.

NEWSPAPER ABCs: The i stalls after seven-month stellar run

John Reynolds — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Alexander Lebedev's 20p cut-price i has suffered its first blip after a stellar seven-month run, which has seen it add nearly 90,000 copies to its circulation.

Standard and Independent 'not out of the woods' says Mullins

Sarah Johnson — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMT

ABC Interaction 2012: Andrew Mullins, managing director of the London Evening Standard and The Independent, said the process of consolidating the paper's editorial and commercial teams is working but admitted that neither title was "out of the woods" commercially.

Independent's monthly unique users pass 14.5m

Staff — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:22:00 GMT

The Independent's website scooped the biggest increase in monthly unique users in March, up 13% to 14.52 million, according to figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Telegraph's Barclay Brothers lead UK media's rich elite

Arif Durrani — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:30:00 GMT

The owners of The Telegraph Group, Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, are Britain's richest newspaper proprietors, while Sir Martin Sorrell is the wealthiest ad man, according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2012.

Google improves reporting for video campaigns in AdWords

Daniel Farey-Jones — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Google is improving its video ad campaign reporting with the launch of AdWords for video for all advertisers.

Blackhurst says Indy titles can make a profit

John Reynolds — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:23:00 GMT

If the Independent could "find a way of monetising digital", then it could erase the title's estimated £20m annual losses, says Independent editor Chris Blackhurst, who has been appointed group editorial director across Independent newspapers and the London Evening Standard.

Metallica commissions Metal Hammer special

Nick Batten — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:25:00 GMT

Metal Hammer, the rock magazine produced by Future Publishing, has teamed up with Metallica to produce a one-off edition to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary.

David Walliams to edit the Indy and i for Sport Relief

Nick Batten — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:09:00 GMT

David Walliams has signed up to guest edit the Friday 23rd March editions of the Independent and its sister title i, for Sport Relief.