links for 2007-09-02

Sunday, 2 September 2007, 13:17

Reflections of a Newsosaur: [US] Print ad sales hit 10-year low

“After six straight quarters of accelerating declines, newspaper print advertising sales in the first half of this year fell to the lowest level in a decade, according to statistics released today by the Newspaper Association of America.”

(tags: usa newspapers advertising naa)
Independent on Sunday: Johnston Press joins the digital revolution

Johnston Press chief exec Tim Bowdler on bringing 24-hour rolling news to local and regional papers: “Suddenly, we are in the business of breaking news again … That is something that we have not done for a while, and our journalists are loving it.”

(tags: johnston_press local regional newspapers online multimedia tv radio nuj journalism)
Sunday Times: Media threaten walkout [at Rugby World Cup]

AFP, one of more than 40 new organisations in dispute with the IRB over arrangements for covering the Rugby World Cup, threatened to pull out of reporting on the tournament.

(tags: rugby irb rights sports journalism reuters afp online newspapers photography)