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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.

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17 January 2008

Americans turn to net for election news

The internet has emerged as a dominant source of presidential election news in the US - a survey has revealed.

Nearly twice as many Americans are using the internet as their main source for news on the campaign than during the previous race for the White House four years ago.

The survey by the Pew Research Centre reflects the increasing importance of the digital media, as nearly a quarter of Americans now get their campaign coverage online.

This compares with only 13% in the 2004 election and just nine per cent in the campaign of 2000.

The study also signals a more significant role for the internet in future elections, as the web came out as the top source for campaign news amongst younger people.

The stats show that 42% of people in the 18–29 age bracket now regularly get news about candidates online, compared with 20% in January 2004.

Amongst the specific online sources featuring strongly in the report, 26% of respondents used MSNBC, with 23% using CNN and 22% visiting Yahoo News.

A small minority also pursued non-traditional sources for campaign information, which include the Drudge Report, MySpace and YouTube.

Local television still claims top spot as America’s chief source of politics news, although its share of overall media consumption is gradually diminishing.