Peter Kirwan: "At its most basic, business journalism involves interpreting the dynamics of an industry. Yet if these shifting dynamics can be reduced to data points, and if those data points can be sold in digital format to subscribers, the value of external interpretation – and journalism – inevitably declines."
"Leading publishers such as Telegraph Media Group, Bauer Media and News International are in talks over pooling their online inventory to sell directly to agencies."
"The publisher claimed four awards in total at the event which included best business website for XpertHR.co.uk, best online community for business-to-business site Farmers Weekly Interactive, and best online business ad sales team for RBI e-Newsletters."
Fleet Street's overseas readership online is putting British national newspapers on course for "journalistic world domination", says Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in a story rounding up last week's AOP conference. Times editor Robert Thomson says: "our content causes echos around the world".
The shortlist for the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2007. Trinity Mirror gets four nominations for the Evening Gazette in Teesside. MySun and MyTelegraph both nominated.