Hull Daily Mail launches ‘community conversation’ site

The Hull Daily Mail has launched an user-generated local web site that incorporates a number of social media features and could, if successful, be rolled out across Northcliffe’s regional newspapers. The site, ThisisYourMail, combines functionality found on social bookmarking and social networking sites with mapping and geographically-localised of content. Hull Daily Mail editor John Meehan told Press [...]

Sport sites and SEO on digital editors’ agenda

The next meeting of the Digital Editors Network will be held at the University of Central Lancashire on 29 January. The topics up for discussion at the meeting, which will feature will be the potential of sport on news media websites search engine optimisation. Robert Hardie, managing editor of Northcliffe Digital Integrated Media, will update the [...]

Digital highlights from Northcliffe presentation

Northcliffe Media’s investor briefing to the Cityearlier this week made for some very interesting reading. NMG managing director Michael Pelosi said: “We must deliver local audiences if we are to achieve profitable revenue growth. Digital publishing has a key role to play here.” Meanwhile, the company also announced this week that Associated Northcliffe Digital is being [...]

Associated buys more ad sites

Associated Northcliffe Digital, the digital arm of Daily Mail & General Trust, is continuing its acquisition spree in online classified advertising sites, by snapping up JobsGroup.net, for “approximately £10 million plus a three year earn-out. JobsGroup.net operates a stable of vertical job boards including JustEngineers.net, JustConstruction.net, and JustRail.net. AND says JobsGroup.net is on course to [...]