Channel - Guardian Media Group

Sunday Papers Succeed Online ‘Only If Money Is No Object’, Ex Observer Ed Alton Admits - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 10 Dec 2007 08:10 AM PST

Recently-departed Observer editor Roger Alton has penned his own postscript in today’s Guardian, accepting Sunday newspapers are unlikely to thrive online as separate entities from their daily stablemates. Alton quit…

Guardian’s 24/7 Integration: Strike Averted, Peace Breaks Out - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 03 Dec 2007 05:29 AM PST

Peace has broken out at Guardian News & Media over the publisher’s all-important multiplatform integration plan. NUJ members had at one point tabled a strike ballot over plans to increase…

Print Bits: Daily Sport Hiatus, Dublin Free Content, Latest ABCe - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 22 Nov 2007 06:54 AM PST

- Daily Sport: The tabloid newspaper’s new owner has “mothballed” the title’s website and is planning a redesign with less focus on naked flesh and more on mobile consumption, NMA…

Guardian Joins Radio, Podcasting Trade Groups, Positions Against C4 - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 16 Nov 2007 04:07 AM PST

Guardian Unlimited is further staking out its non-core media credentials by joining the Radio Academy and the UK Podcasters Association. The paper’s former media editor Matt Wells, appointed this year…

Industry Moves: Guardian Picks Directors To Take Tech To King’s Cross - 3 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 14 Nov 2007 06:07 AM PST

The newsroom integration plan may be proving controversial with editorial staff, but Guardian News & Media (GNM) has made two director-level appointments “to help drive the company’s digital media strategy…

@ Monaco: Video Interview: Simon Waldman, Guardian Media Group - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 11 Nov 2007 09:48 PM PST

At Monaco Media Forum this weekend, I briefly interviewed Simon Waldman, the digital strategy head for the Guardian Media Group. Previous to this Waldman was heading Guardian Unlimited, the online…

Broadband Content Bits: Fastweb; BBC on PS3; ABCe Figures - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Fri 26 Oct 2007 02:06 AM PST

-- One more IPTV player is looking to add more social media elements to its service. Italy’s Fastweb is currently trialling a recommendation service to drive more content usage. It…

Guardian/Observer ‘To Merge Sections’ For Web Integration; Editor Alton Quits - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 25 Oct 2007 02:02 AM PST

The backdrop to the resignation of The Observer editor Roger Alton after nearly a decade last night is the looming online integration of the Sunday paper with its daily stablemate…

GuardianAmerica.com Launches, Plans Local Advertising - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 23 Oct 2007 05:57 AM PST

The Guardian today launched GuardianAmerica.com, its attempt to break in to the US market using a brand of journalism that has already proved a success in the States. The site…

Guardian America Website To Launch Next Week - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 18 Oct 2007 01:21 PM PST

So it is finally decided: Guardian America’s website is launching Tuesday, October 23. The URL, as previously announced is Guardianamerica.com and Michael Tomasky is the editor of the whole enterprise…

Economist Launching 160-Year Online Archive, Guardian Archive Costs £8 A Day - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 18 Oct 2007 01:25 AM PST

The Economist is the latest publication to try to monetise the ass off its long tail - it’s launched The Economist Historical Archive online including the over 600,000 pages from…

Guardian Launching 200-Year Subscription Archive Offering - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 15 Oct 2007 06:14 AM PST

Guardian News & Media is to make every edition of its newspapers since 1791 available in a subscription online archive (via Guardian). Olive Software of Santa Clara, California, began digitising…

Web Integration - Papers Hold Pay Talks, BBC Cuts Due This Week - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 15 Oct 2007 12:25 AM PST

Journalist-management talks over pay for multimedia reporting have stepped up at two national newspapers, with online cuts resulting from BBC newsroom integration also likely to come this week. - Guardian:…

Guardian Teams With Apax For Emap B2B Bid: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 15 Oct 2007 12:19 AM PST

On Friday, we noted The Times’ report that Guardian Media Group (GMG), United Business Media, Apax, Cinven and Providence are through to the second round to bid for Emap’s B2B…

Guardian’s Multi-Platform Growing Pains; Staff Agree Strike Ballot - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 28 Sep 2007 02:33 AM PST

Guardian journalists have voted to table a strike ballot and step up disagreements with management over pay and working conditions as the publisher expands. The paper itself reported a 180-strong…

Industry Moves: Guardian’s Thinkproperty, Telegraph Media Group, Library House - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 19 Sep 2007 02:38 AM PST

-- Thinkproperty: The property portal owned by Guardian Media Group has hired rival Rightmove’s marketing manager Suzanne Deakins to a new role of group marketing head, reports Brand Republic. The…

Interview: Carolyn McCall, CEO, Guardian Media Group: Coming To America - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 17 Sep 2007 09:34 PM PST

The Guardian is planning a “stealthy” launch for its forthcoming U.S. online edition. In an in-depth interview with paidContent:UK, Guardian Media Group (GMG) CEO Carolyn McCall said GuardianAmerica.com, launching this…

Ex Yahoo, Guardian Digital Director Shepherd Starting Blog Publishing Enterprise - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 12 Sep 2007 07:49 AM PST

Lloyd Shepherd, a former online publishing director with Yahoo Europe and Guardian Unlimited, is launching his own UK blog network, Messy Media. Shepherd left his second stint at Yahoo (as…

Guardian Buys Public Sector Information Publisher Kable - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 15 Aug 2007 11:10 AM PST

Guardian News & Media, the division of Guardian Media Group that publishes the likes of The Observer and Guardian Unlimited, has bought Kable, a public sector information publisher, for an…

Earnings: Guardian Digital Revenue Doubles As Classifieds Slide; Acquisitions Planned - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 01 Aug 2007 12:22 AM PST

From the Guardian Media Group’s (GMG) results ... Digital revenue from display and recruitment ads at UK’s Guardian News & Media (GNM), the national newspaper division, grew 49 percent in…

European Newspapers Join For An Online Ad Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 25 Jul 2007 09:17 AM PST

Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND), the subsidiary of U.K. newspaper publisher DMGT that operates sites including DailyMail.co.uk and ThisIsLondon, has signed with Tomorrow Focus, a German digital content company, to sell…

Industry Moves UK: BBC Loses iPlayer ‘Inventor’ To Lovefilm; Guardian Radio - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 23 Jul 2007 01:16 AM PST

The “inventor” of the BBC’s forthcoming iPlayer web TV catch-up application is leaving the corporation. Ben Lavender becomes group digital and product manager at European online DVD rental service Lovefilm.…

MediaGuardian 100: Schmidt Up, Thompson Down, Zuckerberg Nowhere - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 11 Jul 2007 08:40 AM PST

Have a large grain of salt handy? MediaGuardian is out with its seventh annual list of the 100 most influential figures in media, declaring “this year we ripped up the…

The Brits Are Coming! UK News Media Head For U.S., But Can They Make A Buck? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 03 Jul 2007 02:59 AM PST

Several British news organizations are making efforts to tailor publishing efforts to an American audience. The IHT summarizes some of the headway made to date: Times: Has already started distributing…

Industry Moves UK: Guardian; 3UK; Teachers TV - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 19 Jun 2007 07:44 AM PST

- Guardian: Deputy commercial director Adam Freeman has been promoted to Guardian News & Media’s (GNM) commercial director position, replacing Stuart Taylor. Freeman has been with GNM since 1992, when…