"Robert Thompson] may be the publisher [of the Wall Street Journal] but his responsibilities include few of the business tasks that title usually connotes. ‘I’m the head of content, that’s the simplest way to say it,’ he said."

"Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers, including the News of the World, The Times and The Sun, are expected to accelerate their push into online journalism under the media mogul’s 34-year-old son, James."

"[Robert] Thomson will have the publisher’s title, the job is likely to be defined differently than in the past. Mr. Thomson isn’t expected to have purview over the business side of the Journal … and instead will concentrate on editorial matters."

"Al Trivino, art director for new projects at News International, gave a presentation about what he thought would be the future formats for newspapers, which would be a hybrid between a fixed newspaper format and structure, and the functionality of browse

Guido claims 305,624 unique visitors in November, says the Telegraph and Guardian have too many bloggers and asks whether the blogs run by Sky News and Mail Online are "commercially sensible". But Guido, the Graun and Indy claim to be profitable online…

"Times Online users will be able to give accounts of their travels from anywhere in the world, and read those posted by other readers. … using SpinVox."

In the absense of better metrics, Martin Belam has created an Google Reader readership league table for national newspapers’ RSS feeds. The Guardian’s latest news comes top, with 49,448 subscribers to its ‘UK latest’ feed

"Clearly it was not the cost but the embarrassment of disclosure that was causing cold feet. But that was indeed the point of inquiries by the press and ordinary individuals - not to tie the Government in knots but to bring out into the open abuses that w

"The Times believes that the firms [which could become subjec to FOI requests] could include the defence company Qinetiq, the aerospace firm BAE Systems, the construction company Balfour Beatty and Carillion, the support services firm."

"[T]here is a growing sense of inevitability at The Journal that Mr. Murdoch will find a way to bring in his fellow Australian, Robert Thomson, the editor of News Corp’s … Times of London, in some capacity."

A view on Fleet Street’s global aspirations from across the pond. Martin Clarke, online editorial director for the Daily mail: "U.S. newspapers can be bloody boring, and we are just as easy for Americans to access."

"[W]hile print circulation and advertising revenue fall as the growth of the high-speed Internet lures readers and advertisers online, as with every threat, there also comes opportunity."

Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine reports from the AOP and says Fleet Street’s overseas readership online is UK papers on course for "journalistic world domination" online. Times editor Robert Thomson: "our content causes echos around the world".