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Sky to close seven websites
Dating, careers and teen offerings to go, putting 10 jobs at risk BSkyB is to close seven of the websites in its sky.com portfolio, including dating, careers and teen outlets, putting up to 10 jobs un
21/08/2009 16:55:00 [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk]

Saluting The Sun
Very few newspapers or other media outlets provide me with better material for my errors and corrections Web site than The Sun, a British tabloid. The paper is perhaps the most consistent supplier of
21/08/2009 16:42:00 [CJR]

Journalism Daily: Academics boycott Observer, theb...
A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here . News and features: Academ
21/08/2009 16:20:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]

Academics threaten Observer boycott – the letters ...
As reported on the main site, a number of high profile figures in business and academia have already, or are threatening to, cancel their subscriptions to the Observer, after the paper – the thr
21/08/2009 16:01:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]

LA Times redesign doesn?t quite click
By Tom Grubisich: The LA Times website used to remind me of an old-fashioned hardware store ? things were plopped wherever there seemed to be space. That changed when Meredith Artley took over as edit
21/08/2009 15:40:00 [OJR]

Getting Away from "Off the Record"
Earlier this week, a coalition of news organizations led by the Sunshine in Government Initiative sent a letter to hundreds of D.C. area press secretaries. The gist: when public officials such as cong
21/08/2009 15:00:00 [CJR]

Your views on Cif etiquette
After a great response to our open thread, here are 10 of the most frequently raised points about posting on Cif. What do you think? The Art of Cif etiquette open thread we ran earlier this week spark
21/08/2009 14:38:00 [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk]

Rochdale puts up Christmas lights
Rochdale borough council says festive lights have gone up early to cut costs, but will not be switched on just yet While parts of the country were bathed in sunshine earlier this week , council worker
21/08/2009 14:34:00 [The Guardian World News]

Another Hannity reading FAIL: misstates "choice" p...
Sean Hannity again undermined his claim that he has "read this bill from start to finish," this time asserting that the bill contains "provisions about ... not being able to choose care on Page 16." I
21/08/2009 14:14:00 [Media Matters for America - Latest Items]

Careers Q&A - live
A panel of digital professionals answer your questions on how to get ahead in web journalism from 1pm to 4pm
21/08/2009 13:53:00 [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk]

Hannity demonstrates "bearing false witness" in sm...
On August 20, Sean Hannity misrepresented a statement that President Obama made during a conference call with religious leaders, claiming that Obama "talked about those of us that oppose ObamaCare as,
21/08/2009 13:50:00 [Media Matters for America - Latest Items]

The Chasm Between the Value of Print and Web Reade...
After posting the unhappy news that newspaper ads are at 1965 levels, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how much revenue newspapers get from their print readers versus their online o
21/08/2009 13:45:00 [CJR]

Brown letter asked Gaddafi for Megrahi 'sensitivit...
Gordon Brown sent personal letter cautioning over Libya's handling of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's return Gordon Brown sent a personal letter to Muammar Gaddafi yesterday calling on Libya
21/08/2009 13:09:00 [The Guardian World News]

Event: Guardian.co.uk live Q&A on online journalis...
The Guardian’s careers section is running a Q&A on online journalism this afternoon featuring the Liverpool Post’s Alison Gow, Guardian digital editor Sarah Hartley and Birmingham City
21/08/2009 13:07:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]

'He was left naked to die'
Missing CCTV recordings from Sean Rigg's collapse in a cage at Brixton station raise questions over IPCC delays The head of a Metropolitan police station where a man died has been recorded on tape pro
21/08/2009 13:03:00 [The Guardian World News]

The Mentalist ends with more than 2m
Double bill of US drama pulls in average of 2.1 million viewers to Five, as it marks series finale with night of special programming Channel Five's US drama The Mentalist bowed out with a special even
21/08/2009 12:06:00 [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk]

We can't abandon Afghanistan
The cry of 'Troops out' may seem attractive, but instead of leaving Afghanistan to rot we should rethink strategy and tactics So the doomsayers are again proved wrong. Afghan citizens queued in their
21/08/2009 12:00:00 [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk]

thelondonpaper’s closure – tell the rivals or read...
Journalism.co.uk couldn’t help but part with 50p on the way back from London last night after seeing the Evening Standard seller’s newspaper boards at Victoria Station loudly declaring the
21/08/2009 11:59:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]

Mihir Bose to contribute to the Evening Standard
Mihir Bose, the former BBC sports news editor, is returning to print journalism to pen a regular sports feature for the London Evening Standard.
21/08/2009 11:52:00 [Press Gazette: Latest News]

Fifth International Photography Award open for ent...
The British Journal of Photography in partnership with the Association of Photographers is calling for entries for its fifth annual award. There are two award categories this year: one recognising a s
21/08/2009 11:25:00 [News from Journalism.co.uk]