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10 July 2008
Future on the line for regionals
Regional papers are turning to the net for their future revenue streams, as they haemorrhage advertisers from their print editions amid growing economic uncertainty.

7 July 2008
Mobile journalists to share desks
Mobile journalists, or mojos, face losing their desks as newspapers look to take advantage of mobile technologies, such as laptops and WiFi, to cut down on office real estate.

3 July 2008
Regional star does four million impressions
The web offering of Britain's biggest-selling regional evening newspaper, the Express & Star, has reached a new milestone by breaking through the four million barrier for monthly page impressions.

30 June 2008
Journalists should take blogging seriously
Too few journalists treat blogging seriously and are failing to grasp the truth that the blogging revolution is threatening the established order of journalism, according to Guardian media commentator, Roy Greenslade.

26 June 2008
BBC wants Ł800,000 local video kitty
The BBC has unveiled plans for an £800,000 fund to source local video content from outside the organisation, as part of a £68 million investment in its local network.

23 June 2008
Mail posts first-class online figures
Mail Online has leapfrogged Telegraph.co.uk to become the most popular online national newspaper, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation Electronic (ABCe) statistics.

19 June 2008
This is…geocoded news
Northcliffe Media is stepping up its overhaul of its regional news sites by relaunching ten next generation ThisIs websites with new geotagging software.

16 June 2008
Bumper growth in online readership
Newspaper companies are seeing their online operations grow at double-digit rates, both in readership and advertising revenue, according to new research by a global organisation for the newspaper industry.

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21 April 2008

AP to monitor content with iCopyright

Associated Press (AP) is to keep closer track on unlicensed use of its online content by signing up to the copyright protection service iCopyright.

AP is also one of a number of news organisations currently using Attributor technology, which tracks and monetises unlicensed use of its content as it is distributed across the internet.

But the decision to use iCopyright will further enhance its copy protection system by providing a web-based interface to guide users through the appropriate licensing procedures and payment processes for use of its content.

The news agency will direct users to the facility, which features options to request copies or purchase photography, by providing a link at the top and bottom of each story.

Founder and CEO of iCopyright, Mike O'Donnell, said that news sites would be encouraged to add these links to AP stories on their own websites to promote an industry-wide standard for online copyright protection. However, he said that it was unlikely the tags would stamp out copyright infringement completely.

AP deputy director of business development, Bruce Glover, said that iCopyright opened up a new source of revenue from rights, permissions and reprints of AP content while enhancing copyright protection and licensing.

It also made it easier, he added, to monitor copyright compliance and to identify pirated and misappropriated stories.