FT.com: Hacking fears prompt Mirror review
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 08:51
"UK newspaper groups are coming under pressure to look closely at their internal operations. Shareholders in both DMGT and Trinity Mirror have told the Financial Times that in light of the phone-hacking allegations they would “assume no less” …
Runnin’ Scared: Osama Bin Laden Fake Death Photo Makes New York Post, Daily Mail, Sun, Mirror and So On
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 00:08
"The obviously Photoshopped picture of a 'dead' Osama Bin Laden, which has been circulating since at least 2009, is printed large and proud … on page two of today's New York Post. They were far from the only ones to take the bait….
SF Weekly: Britain’s Daily Mail Rips Off SF Weekly Cover Story
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 11:32
The SF Weekly accuses the Daily Mail website of churnalism and poor attribution after the tabloid's site rehashed one of its stories: "There is absolutely no original reporting in the entire Daily Mail piece. Apparently the reporter thought …
Press Gazette: Legal bid to unmask Mail Online commenters fails
Thursday, 24 February 2011, 11:16
"A woman has failed in a bid to obtain an order forcing Mail Online to disclose the identities of two people who made comments about her on the newspaper website."
The Economist: Bold newspapers: The crucible of print
Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 11:53
"The strategies being pursued by News Corporation, the Daily Mail and General Trust and Lebedev Holdings rest on distinct assumptions about what readers want, what they will pay for, and the future of advertising. It is highly unlikely that all th…
New Media Age: Mail Online launches mobile app with yearly subscription model
Monday, 1 November 2010, 19:28
"Unlike other newspaper [iPhone] apps, which are generally based on a 30-day subscription model, Mail Online’s is free for the first 60 days, with payment options at £4.99 for six months or £8.99 for a year."
psmith, journalist: It’s not about selling news, it’s about keeping customers
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 10:18
"Forget worrying about journalism and who’s going to fund your Baghdad bureau for just a minute and ponder this: news does not sell itself. Newspapers like The Times are learning now what digital B2B titles have known for years – that making a paid-for news product work online needs a great deal of specialised marketing, promotion, management and practical know-how."
psmith, journalist: It’s not about selling news, it’s about keeping customers
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 10:18
"Forget worrying about journalism and who’s going to fund your Baghdad bureau for just a minute and ponder this: news does not sell itself. Newspapers like The Times are learning now what digital B2B titles have known for years – that making a paid-for news product work online needs a great deal of specialised marketing, promotion, management and practical know-how."
Media Money: Retailers & national newspapers: Too big to fail?
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 11:06
"The supermarkets have behaved like no other sector during the recession. Unlike everyone else, they continued to spend more and more on press advertising … Among the nationals, the supermarkets’ behaviour put a floor under the worst effects of recession, blunting its impact. In the end, the really important question for publishers is how much longer the big retail chains will be able to increase their expenditure at this rate."
Wired.com: Letter From the U.K.: The Death and Rebirth of British Tabloids
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 11:32
Peter Kirwan: "Look ahead three or four years, and the prospect emerges of a transatlantic site, mirroring the talent and capital that shifts restlessly between Los Angeles and London. It’s not outlandish to project a scenario in which Mail Online employs a similar number of journalists in the United States and the U.K."
Daggle: How The Mainstream Media Stole Our News Story Without Credit
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 21:01
"On Friday, I broke a tasty story about a woman suing Google, claiming bad directions caused her to get hit by a vehicle. Today, I discover our story is everywhere [including the Mail and the Sun], often with no attribution."
Press Gazette: Mail Online MD: Twitter users didn’t read Gately article
Sunday, 2 May 2010, 11:39
"Many of the thousands of Twitter users who complained over Jan Moir’s controversial article about the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately largely didn’t read her column, the Mail Online’s managing director said yesterday."
paidContent:UK: Mail Online: ‘Why We’re Staying Free’
Monday, 19 April 2010, 17:12
DMGT investor day slides: ”Readers will not pay to consume general news on the web.” … "“MailOnline – uniquely among UK newspaper sites – is now big enough to make the advertising model pay.”
New York Times: In Britain, a Laboratory for Newsprint’s Future
Sunday, 4 April 2010, 20:46
New York Times on Johnston Press and Times paywalls: "Britain is turning into a laboratory for the future of newspapers in the digital era."
