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News on Media in Transition
20 November
UK: News Corp Sets its Priority on Entertainment over Journalism
James Murdoch, head of the media conglomerate News Corporation, said that journalism no longer plays a big role in the corporation's future. Talking the future business plan of the Corporation, he said the Corporation will focus on the profitable entertainment. He also signaled that the Corporation is working with publishers to speed up the process of transition from print to online media and developing a wholesale market place for digital journalism.
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44672&c=1
US: AP Confirms 90 Layoffs
The Associated Press (AP) confirmed today it laid off 90 news employees worldwide after it was reported that 71 AP union members has been laid off on Tuesday (see MCJ 17 Sept). In October 2008, the AP set a target of reducing 10% of its annual payroll costs to compensate the reduction in the subscription fees for newspapers and broadcasters. Recently, it was reported that around 130 newspapers submitted their cancellation notices to the AP (see MCJ 6 Nov).
http://www.ap.org/pages/about/whatsnew/wn_111909a.html
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