James Mitchell

BBC News website prepares for bad news News staff at the BBC are gearing up for a tough week, with wide-ranging job cuts expected to be announced on Wednesday. (tags: bbc job+cuts new+media)

Why the Sun might dump Brown Irwin Stelzer, one of Rupert Murdoch’s top advisers, reveals what he thinks of the PM and the election fiasco – and why Cameron is now ‘worth a look’. (tags: sun politics rupert+murdoch) Cost of printing a national newspaper? What is the daily cost to print a nationally distributed newspaper, [...]

Case is ‘victory for journalism’ The defence of “responsible journalism” in libel cases can extend beyond newspapers to books following an unprecedented Court of Appeal ruling. (tags: journalism libel law lawsuit)

Newspapers Need to Get to the Point If the headline reads, “Bridge Set to Close Down for Repairs” the story might begin with: “Bob Wilson gazed down at his empty coffee cup and listened to the patter of rain falling gently against his window pane.” (tags: newspaper trends journalism writing) This Is Your Brain on [...]

Jaiku bought by Google Jaiku, the Twitter-like service from Helskinki, has been bought by Google. (tags: google jaiku blogging takeovers social+media) Brightcove launches new service to bring broadcast-quality internet TV closer Internet video business Brightcove has launched a new service aimed at delivering broadcast-quality online TV shows. (tags: tv+news online guardian sky emap ipc) MSNBC [...]