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Independent: Stephen Glover: What Mail Online could teach its rivals

Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 21:58

"Mail Online is not yet making a profit but it could be making serious money within a few years – a notion which would have seemed far-fetched only 18 months ago. The huge size of its ever-increasing audience is becoming attractive to advertiser…

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New York Times: Will James Murdoch Ride a Sky Broadcasting Deal to the Top?

Thursday, 24 February 2011, 11:20

"[Those] who know James Murdoch often note that he does not relish the newspaper culture the way his father does. He seems to take no delight in the company of reporters and in the sort of gossip that permeates the newspaper world and that his fat…

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Retail Week: Print advertising remains central to retailers

Friday, 10 September 2010, 09:23

"Neil Jones, director of commercial strategy at News International, says that retailers account for about 30% of advertising spend for national newspapers – making them the most important sector of advertising for print media. At News International … that figure is 34% and for The Sun it is 40%."

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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."

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MediaWeek: The Sun to publish 3D issue

Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 12:40

"The Sun is to publish a 3D edition with 3D colour ads and editorial, including Page 3, a week before the start of this year's World Cup."

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Guardian: Charlie Brooker on James Murdoch and his media empire

Saturday, 5 September 2009, 14:11

"Damien Thorn, offspring of Satan, was educated at Yale before inheriting a global business conglomerate at a shockingly young age and using it to hypnotise millions in a demonic bid to hasten Armageddon. James Murdoch's story is quite different. He went to Harvard."

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Media Guardian: News Corp will charge for newspaper websites, says Rupert Murdoch

Thursday, 7 May 2009, 22:11

"Asked whether he envisaged fees at his British papers such as the Times, the Sunday Times, the Sun and the News of the World, he replied: 'We're absolutely looking at that.' Taking questions on a conference call with reporters and analysts, he said that moves could begin 'within the next 12 months‚' adding: 'The current days of the internet will soon be over.'"

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Community Care: Mad World: Sun shortlisted for Baby P campaign award: our response

Thursday, 26 February 2009, 19:53

Simeon Brody: "We discovered yesterday that The Sun had been shortlisted for a Press Gazette [British Press Award] for its Baby P campaign. We found this very concerning and expect our readers will as well."

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The Sun: He’s h-air Lehmann

Saturday, 20 September 2008, 15:04

The Sun has picked up the story of Jens Lehmann's helicopter flights. That'll be the story that Bildblog reported had been nicked from a local blogger by Bild….

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 Sunday, 29 June 2008, 18:01 2

Strangely, the IoS neglects to [barely] mention[s] the Independent's debut figure in a review of the ABCes.

 Saturday, 24 May 2008, 12:35 0

"Made-up bullshit still drives huge traffic, if it’s marketed right."

 Saturday, 1 March 2008, 19:40 0

At the foot of The Sun’s report: "Set your desktop with Prince Harry wallpaper"

 Sunday, 9 December 2007, 11:17 0

"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."

 Monday, 12 November 2007, 07:51 0

"I think we are the only newspaper that overtly markets itself as paper, online and mobile. It’s the combination of those three things which is the really important result. We do not look in isolation around newspaper circulation; that’s just one element.

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