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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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15 June 2007

Google tightens policy on gambling ads

Google has revised its UK AdWords policy by extending a ban on online gambling ads to include sites that encourage betting - even though no money changes hands.

The move comes on the back of a rising number of gambling sites which use initial free-play options to attract customers. Users can then upgrade to pay-for gaming options.

Yahoo! and Google outlawed ads for internet casinos and poker services back in 2004.

Google's revision of the AdWords policy does not permit sites related to gambling such as online gambling tutorials, those offering play-for-fun features, tips, odds and handicapping, gambling software and eBooks, and those designed to drive traffic to online gambling sites, along with the likes of online bingo, sportsbooks and lotteries.

The ban comes as the UK is liberalising laws on gambling. The Gambling Act 2005 comes into force this September.

A Google spokesperson said that the company had carefully considered the issue and the differing views of its users. Although it supports freedom of expression, it believes the new policy is simpler for everyone to understand and more in tune with users' wishes.