New chairman for the Journalists' Charity
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 8 2009, 1.10pm
Former Journal man takes over hot seat. (more)

Facebook campaign launched against office move
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 8 2009, 1.10pm
Bury Times supporters group has over 500 members. (more)

Hero of '66 pays tribute to veteran sports writer
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 8 2009, 1.10pm
Sentinel football writer was trusted by the players and readers. (more)

Company drops threat to dock journalists' pay
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 8 2009, 1.10pm
Managers in "goodwill gesture" to end dispute. (more)

Editor and 13 journalists to go at Colchester Gazette
From Press Gazette. Posted January 8 2009, 12.45pm
Management and subbing of the Evening Gazette in Colchester are to be moved 40 miles away to Basildon - with 13 editorial jobs and the role of editor set to be axed. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Veteran journalist slams newspaper owners
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2009, 12.27pm
"The people who run newspapers know nothing about newspapers"... "The influence of the editor has been reduced... because they [owners] have got as greedy as the bankers"... "They want 18% profit when they should settle for six. 18% and 20% is monstrous"... (more)

Job threat as magazine scrapped
From BBC News. Posted January 8 2009, 12.21pm
Eighty jobs could be lost at the classified ads company Exchange & Mart with the decision to cease publication and continue only online. (more)

Roy Greenslade: Montgomery's Mecom in talks to sell titles
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2009, 12.12pm
David Montgomery's expansionist aims are over. His newspaper publishing company, Mecom, is in retreat. (more)

Poor Christmas trading for Basil Brush company Entertainment Rights
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2009, 11.46am
Debt-laden Entertainment Rights, the company that the owns rights to characters including Basil Brush and Postman Pat, today said its crucial Christmas trading period for toy and other merchandising sales was "significantly below expectations". (more)

UFOs crashing into wind farms: has the Guardian solved the mystery?
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2009, 11.38am
"UFO HITS WIND TURBINE," the Sun proudly splashed today. "Dorothy Willows – who lives half a mile from the scene of the hit-and-run – was in her car when 'strange lights' loomed in the evening sky," continued the Sun. (more)

CNNMoney.com (Fortune magazine): Google CEO wants to lend a hand to newspapers
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 8 2009, 11.01am
Google CEO Eric Schmidt ‘professes a passionate desire to lend a hand [to newspapers],’ reports Fortune magazine. In an interview with Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky, Schmidt ’shares some thoughts on how newspapers might yet survive - and how Google might help’. Full story... (more)

What the commentators say about media today ...
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2009, 11.01am
In association with media analysis firm Editorial IntelligenceTHE ECONOMY: In The Independent, Vincent Cable, the Lib Dem treasury spokesman, says the Bank of England should cut interest rates again today, and should keep on cutting. (more)

Pay rise hopes as Newsquest promises Darlington talks
From Press Gazette. Posted January 8 2009, 10.58am
Newsquest North-East will enter pay talks with journalists at The Northern Echo and its sister weeklies, the National Union of Journalists confirmed today – raising hopes the nationwide pay freeze could thaw. (more)

Company drops threat to dock journalists' pay
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 8 2009, 10.50am
Managers in "goodwill gesture" to end dispute. (more)

Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead
From Media Guardian. Posted January 8 2009, 10.37am
A motorcycle gunman has shot and killed the editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper that has been highly critical of the country's government. (more)