The BBC Manchester Blog will be closing on Sunday. … Robin Hamman provides "a brief summary of some of the key things we’ve learned from the project"

"Personal medical information on about 4,000 NHS patients has been lost - and they have not been told. …
Using freedom of information laws, the M.E.N. learned a member of staff lost the memory stick on her way to work last month."

"The Manchester Evening News is to use interactive mapping technology to show the results of a major survey into road congestion. … It wants readers to get in touch about long-running roadworks, problem traffic lights and constant bottlenecks"

"The [Manchester Evening News} believes it is in a strong position to withstand and indeed see off the launch of Crain’s Manchester Business in the coming months."

The FT has an update on the regional business press, including Trinity’s Business7 in Scotland, Crain’s Manchester Business, and TheBusinessDesk.co.uk

"Steve Brauner, editor of the North West Evening Mail in Barrow is to be the editor of the forthcoming Crain’s Manchester Business weekly newspaper."

The Asian News, which is going online-only, has 41,000 unique visitors per month.

Theasiannews.co.uk will now be MEN Media’s first purely digital publication.

Editor Shelina Begum: "From now on we will be an online only publication dropping traditional newspaper form. … sian News website is already one of the most successful in the MEN Media Group with 200,000 hits per month from 41,000 distinct visitors."

"MEN Media is forecasting that the latest six monthly ABC figures to be published in August will show the paper’s total circulation remaining constant at around 180,000, with paid for sales falling by just 6,000 since last December."

David Ottewell: "I started this blog party to be accountable. I’m open to criticism, and I will respond. But don’t suggest I’m claiming something that isn’t true, unless you’ve checked your facts and come to me for a response. And be grateful that I would

Channel M cameraman John Clarke was beaten up by four youths outside the magistrates’ courts in Ashton under Lyne.