Ifra Executive News Service for Monday 16 April 2007

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English:

- Hartsville Today - The first year of a small-town citizen-journalism site - A guide especially for small daily and non-daily newspapers http://www.j-lab.org/HVTDyear1.pdf

- Sunday popular sales tumble (registration required) http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,,2056725,00.html

- Murdoch freesheet edges ahead (registration required) http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,,2056767,00.html

- Fortune favours the brave and the compact revolutionaries http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2449856.ece

- Redesign starts, ends with readers

http://www.inlandpress.org/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=1281&SectionID=60&SubSectionID=233

- Tribune-Review to buy McKeesport Daily News http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_502637.html

- Publisher, gm named at Eagle-Tribune Publishing http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_104182752.html

- NAA launches 2007 industry trade campaign - NAdbase shows 15 % year-over-year jump in unique visitors to newspaper Web sites http://www.naa.org/sitecore/content/Global/PressCenter/2007/TRADE-CAMPAIGN-2007.aspx?lg=naaorg

- 'Idaho Press Tribune' Announces Appointment of New Publisher

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003571511

- Independent News & Media consortium buy of APN cleared by EU http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2007-04/artikel-8058466.asp

- New York Times Names Todd Haskell As Head Of NYTimes.com; Promotes Louis Fabrizio, Brian Garnock To VPs, Advertising

http://www.rttnews.com/sp/breakingnews.asp?date=4/13/2007&item=85

- Netherlands: Free Dutch dailies reinvent local competition http://www.newspaperinnovation.com/index.php/2007/04/14/free-dutch-dailies-reinvent-local-competition/

- Australia: Fairfax boss backs merger success http://au.biz.yahoo.com/070124/30/12dw7.html

- India: DNA Chief Editor Gautam Adhikari puts in his papers

http://www.exchange4media.com/peoplemovement/movement_fullstory.asp?section_id=23&news_id=25687&tag=20414&pict=1

- China: Newspapers targeting seniors do well as grey population swells http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/13/content_5973200.htm

Français :

- "Les Echos" bientôt "imprimés" sur e-paper http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-651865,36-895566@51-837044,0.html

- La vente du Républicain Lorrain au Crédit Mutuel finalisée http://actu.voila.fr/Article/mmd--francais--journal_internet--med/La-vente-du-Republicain-Lorrain-au-Credit-Mutuel-finalisee.html

- Les journaux du groupe Nice-Matin absents des kiosques en raison d'une grève http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/0,14-0,39-30511455@7-58,0.html

- Edipresse attaque l’Est et l’Asie avec gourmandise

http://www.24heures.ch/pages/home/24_heures/l_actu/economie/economie_detail/(contenu)/53555

Norden:

- Macho i Punkt SE

http://www.medievarlden.se/Articletemplate.aspx?versionId=80215

- Vil ha gratisavisfrie soner i Paris

http://www.dagensmedier.no/index.asp?id=72535

- Aftonbladet startar allsvensk bilaga

http://www.dagensmedia.se/mallar/dagensmedia_mall.asp?version=106476

Deutsch:

- Revolution: "FAZ" ändert im Herbst ihr Layout http://www.dwdl.de/article/news_10490,00.html

- Schweiz: Neuorganisation des Druckzentrums der «Basler Zeitung»

http://www.kleinreport.ch/print_meld.phtml?id=40176

- Österrreich: "Besonders sensationslüstern" - Studie "Image der Tageszeitungen"

http://derstandard.at/?id=2843211

- New York Times: Umzug in eine ungewisse Zukunft http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,476821,00.html

- Dow Jones baut Europa-Geschäft aus und übernimmt eFinancialNews

http://www.kleinreport.ch/print_meld.phtml?id=40172

Español:

- Diario Metro lleva la música a la calle con “Metro on music”

http://www.noticiasdot.com/wp2/2007/04/13/diario-metro-lleva-la-musica-a-la-calle-con-%E2%80%9Cmetro-on-music%E2%80%9D/

- Honduras: La Prensa, un líder sólido por contenido y alcance http://www.laprensahn.com/apertura.php?id04962=8601&t=1176703200#