The Independent Launches Overseas Press+ Meter, Pricey iPad Edition
The Independent newspaper has redesigned its website, introduced a metered charging system for North American readers and launched a free tr… Read more »
Forget Paywalls, The Independent’s ‘i’ Has A Beerwall
The Independent’s cut-price “i” newspaper may not have a website or a mobile app of its own, but it has consented to provide digital news th… Read more »
INM’s O’Reilly Discovers The Digital World
Independent News & Media (INM), the Irish-based company that once owned The Independent and seemed less than enamoured with the interweb… Read more »
Is 20p Too Much For ‘i’? Free Test For Paper, Paid App Coming
At just £0.20, the new Independent off-shoot “i” is certainly one of the cheapest (and freshest papers out there – clearly a cut above the… Read more »
ABCes: Independent.co.uk Scores Biggest Monthly Rise
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Independent.co.uk enjoyed the biggest month-on-month rise in average daily browsers among national newspaper websites in September, while gu… Read more »
Independent Targets Lapsed Readers With New-Launch ‘I’
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Alexander Lebedev’s Independent is to launch a new compact weekday newspaper, called i, targeting groups including “lapsed readers of qualit… Read more »
Zach Leonard Named Independent And London Evening Standard Digital Chief
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By Josh Halliday: The former digital media publisher of Times Newspapers, Zach Leonard, has been appointed as the new managing director of d… Read more »
Independent.co.uk MD Swanson Leaving For Digital Investment
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The Independent’s digital MD Bill Swanson is leaving the publisher to join “a boutique investment house specializing (sic) in the digital me… Read more »
In Quotes: A Free Indy? Not Certain Yet
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After buying The Independent from INM for £1 in March, speculation has been that Alexander Lebedev might repeat his London Evening Standard… Read more »
Independent Sold: Now Going Free? New Reporting Fund
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The UK’s tenth-placed national newspaper The Independent has been sold to Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, as expected, for £1. Now w… Read more »
Will Lededev Reboot The Indy’s Stagnant Website?
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Independent News & Media has finally confirmed it will sell its flagship The Independent, Independent On Sunday and Independent.co.uk to Ale… Read more »
Independent’s Sale To Lebedev ‘Expected Very Shortly’ As Losses Continue
By Mark Sweney: Independent News & Media has reported a pre-tax loss of Read more »
Industry Moves: GMTV, Pearson, Mergermarket, Independent
– GMTV: Clive Crouch is leaving his position as chief operating officer of the broadcaster. The news comes as GMTV’s owner, ITV (LSE: ITV),… Read more »
Independent/Lebedev: Is The Deal Done Yet Or Not?
This is turning out to be like waiting for the Christmas turkey: A deal between Alexander Lebedev and Independent News & Media is cooking –… Read more »
Lebedev Gets Two More Weeks On Exclusive Independent Sale Talks
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A little public glimpse today of the ongoing negotiations between Independent News & Media and Alexander Lebedev: the billionaire Russian is… Read more »
Another MVNO: Truphone No Longer Relying Solely On VoIP
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Truphone, a UK-based VoIP provider, will offer a competitively priced SIM-only mobile service for voice, texting and data — effectively bec… Read more »
Industry Moves: PRS CEO, TalkTalk Board, Edinburgh Interactive, Independent, BSkyB, Phorm
– PRS For Music: The royalty collector, which last year nearly halved its online streaming rate, has picked ex-Sony (NYSE: SNE) mobile SVP… Read more »
Freesheet Created By Merger Of Dublin Rivals Launches
By Mark Sweney: The Metro Herald, the daily Dublin newspaper created through the merger of Herald AM and Metro Ireland, launches today as a… Read more »
Updated: INM Confirms Indy Sale Talks With Lebedev
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Update: INM says in a statement to the stock market that it’s “entered into an exclusive – but non-binding” agreement with Alexander Lebedev… Read more »
INM’s Digital Sell-Off Continues With Verivox Divestment
Independent News & Media is continuing its asset fire sale this week with the announcement of a Read more »
Print Round-Up: Exact Editions’ Local Newspaper Deal; Archant Mobile; Independent News & Media
– Exact Editions: The digital publishing business has launched the first local newspaper edition using its online page-viewing technology.… Read more »
Indy’s Digital News Chief Leach Returning To Govt.
The Independent’s digital editorial director Jimmy Leach is to re-join the government’s digital media operations as head of digital engageme… Read more »
O2 Marketing Cuts; Publicis Groupe’s Creative Director; INM’s Irish Deputy MD
– O2 cuts: Telefonica-owned O2 aims to cut its marketing team of 220 by 10 percent by the end of the month, according to Marketing Week.
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Independent News & Media Gets New COO; Adconion Chief Leaves; Tradewest Games MD
– INM: The Indy publisher has appointed Vincent Crowley its new chief operating officer, following the promotion of Gavin O’Reilly to CEO i… Read more »
Print Round-Up: Bondholders Back INM Refinancing; Times Comments Increase; Newsquest Video Ads
– Independent News & Media: The Indy publisher has won backing from bondholders for its ambitious refinancing plan that will see them swap… Read more »
Doing The Refinance Rumba: INM, Yell, Emap Tip-Toe Around Creditors
When you’re trying to figure out the future of your entire business model, there’s one thing you could without: impatient creditors.
Publis… Read more »
INM Says Ad Downturn Will Wipe Out 41 Percent Of Profits This Year
Independent News & Media’s balance sheet is now looking a little less alarming than it has done during the recession. In an interim stateme… Read more »
News Aggregator Calls On Newspapers To End Legal Action
If you receive legal threats from an an entire industry, you could just ask them to stop. At least, that’s what one news aggregator has done… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: YouTube Ads; ITV.com Football; Indie Online Film; ITV Regional
– YouTube auctions: Google’s YouTube is introducing an auction-based video ad platform in the UK which encourages advertisers to bid for ke… Read more »
Indy Publisher Pulls Contortion Act To Escape Debt
Caught between an advertising recession, the changing news business and an ugly balance sheet, Independent News & Media has conjured an ambi… Read more »
INM, Ten Alps Join Forces In Bid For Northern Ireland Local-News Contract
Independent News & Media and Bob Geldof’s multimedia production company Ten Alps want to jointly provide local online and TV news services i… Read more »
Industry Moves: OMD UK Digi, PPA CEO, Rubicon/AOL, INM Ads
– OMD UK: Omnicom’s media shop is upping its digital strategy director Will Smyth, an I-Level alum, to digital head, replacing Martin Shaw,… Read more »
Indy's Aussie Wing Mulling Paid Content, Member Club Trials This Year
APN News & Media, the Australasian publisher of which Ireland’s Independent News & Media owns 32.2 percent, is joining the crowd by giving t… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: ESPN Tiscali, Indy Radio, Eidos' Pay-What-You-Like Footy Game
– ESPN: The sportscaster now has its channels on Tiscali TV, the ISP’s IPTV offering. Via Telecompaper.
– Indy radio: Ever keen on affili… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Spotify For 3?; Samsung’s Welsh OS; Indie’s iPhone App
– Spotify on 3?: Freemium music streaming site Spotify is in talks with UK mobile operator 3 to pre-load its software onto handsets, accord… Read more »
News Int.: BBC Video Share Will Make News Sites Samey
Four online papers may have started embedding BBC News video, but Times Online and Sun Online parent News International rejected the offer.… Read more »
PA, ITN Oppose BBC’s Video Sharing; It ‘Pulls The Rug From Under Us’
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Told you ITN and PA would be upset about the BBC sharing online video with newspapers. They have now each published statements citing their… Read more »
Newspapers Roundup: New Cardiff Freesheet; Indian Publisher Profits; Strike Called Off
– Cardiff freesheet: Trinity Mirror’s Media Wales division is axing its free, weekly Cardiff Post and launching a new free, weekly title Ec… Read more »
BBC Newspaper Video Share Gives Auntie Moral High Ground, For Now
The BBC has been trying to share its video with newspapers for the last two years – most recently, in its submission of Ofcom’s public servi… Read more »
INM Sells Minority Stake In Gaming Tech Provider Cashcade
It might not yet have found a way to offload its burdensome Independent newspapers, but Independent News & Media’s quest to rid itself of Read more »
