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News: A Fifth of Online Users Who Read Newspapers Now Rely Primarily on Web Editions, According to Nielsen//NetRatings - Jun 20, 2005
Yesterday, Nielsen//NetRatings reported findings from the Nielsen//NetRatings @Plan Summer 2005 release on online versus offline newspaper consumption. The research focused exclusively on Internet users who consume newspapers and excluded online users who obtain their news from other online news and information sources.

The research shows that a significant 21 percent of Web users who read newspapers have transferred their readership primarily to the online version, while a majority, or 72 percent, of online users who consume newspapers primarily still access print editions (see Table 1). Seven percent of online users who consume newspapers split their time evenly between the online and offline editions.

Two leading Iranian reformist newspapers were banned from appearing on Monday after publishing a letter from a defeated candidate alleging rigging in the first round of presidential elections, reformist sources said.

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Your newspaper index crew will in a few days fire up the bikes and tour Spain for 3 weeks.

Of course we will bring smart-phones, laptops, war-drive gear etc. meaning that newspaperindex will be updated often. Most effort this summer though will be put in our travel blog:
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Hans Henrik & Jens

Entire editions of newspapers can now be reduced to fit your cell-phone, writes Todayonline

Subscribers can download and read the news on their mobile phones, PDAs, and tablet PCs. The breakthrough compress-technology, which was patented by the company SmarttPapers International in 2003, makes it possible for a newspaper page to be reduced in size to fit the screen of a mobile phone.

Subscribers can even zoom in on images and change font sizes..

Publications currently available through the service include:

SINGAPORE:
TODAY Newspaper
KidsCo Magazine
LIME Magazine

HONGKONG:
CargoNews Asia

MALAYSIA:
Nanyang Siam Pao
Now
Tamil Nesan
Utusan

CHINA:
Hei Long Jiang
Harbin
Senior Citizen Daily

PHILIPPINES:
Manila Bulletin

THAILAND:
PostToday
VIETNAM:

Nguoi Lao Dong
Saigon
Vietnamese
Tuoi Tre

To rsign up for a free trial, visit www.smarttpapers.com

DAVID CRARY, AP, writes:

Editors at about one in four newspapers who responded to a survey say they never allow reporters to quote anonymous sources, and most others have policies designed to limit the practice. One editor said his paper’s rules are so strict they would have disqualified Deep Throat as a source.

Geneva Overholser, a professor based at the Washington bureau of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, welcomed what she described as a “dramatic tightening” of anonymity policies.

“Of course I worry whether stories will be lost,” she said. “With this very important tool of journalism at risk, we have to protect it by being more disciplined and cautious about when we use it.”

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Go to my index of the best US newspapers here

Most popular US newspapers: USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times by ZDNet’s ZDNet — Daily US newspaper circulation dropped 1.9% in Q4 2004 - Q1 2005, which was the largest decline since 1995-1996, when circulation fell nearly 2.1%. Sunday circulation declined 2.5% over the last six months, compared with the same period a year ago, eMarketer says. Average weekday circulation for US papers, Q4 2004 - Q1 2005 Circulation, thousands YTY […]

Best headlines this week:

Tiger booked for hunting deer
(The Times of India on Pataudi)

Zimbabwe president denies he is dead
(msnbc.com on rumors of Robert Mugabe’s death)

From: Danton News

Journalist detained without explanation at OAS conference

More than a dozen local law enforcement officers and Secret Service agents detained journalist (directora de contenidos) Lyng-Hou Ramirez of Grupo de Diarios America for one hour Saturday at an Organization of American States meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to a complaint she filed with OAS. She was not told why she was detained, she said. Ramirez is content director for the Miami-based Grupo de Diarios America, which compiles information from 11 newspapers in Latin America. Ramirez recounted the incident in an interview and in her complaint. She said she was exiting the Broward County Convention Center when deputies stopped her, saying she was not at an authorized exit. The deputies asked to see her credentials, and questioned her about pictures she had taken and about details of her driver’s license and press pass. They also inspected her purse and briefcase.

Lyng-Hou Ramirez of Grupo de Diarios America has translated www.newspapersindex.com into spanish on behalf of the south american media group.

“La traducción al español de Newspaperindex.com es cortesía de Lyng-Hou Ramírez, directora de contenidos del Grupo de Diarios América (GDA ), un consorcio exclusivo integrado por los once periódicos independientes con más influencia en Latinoamérica: La Nación (Argentina)



O Globo (Brasil), El Mercurio (Chile), El Tiempo (Colombia), La Nación (Costa Rica), El Comercio (Ecuador), El Universal (México), El Comercio (Perú), El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico), El País (Uruguay) y El Nacional (Venezuela).”

More at: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Google Inc. took over the top spot as the most highly valued media company this week, surpassing Time Warner Inc. in just 10 months of trading as a public company. Google’s share price on the Nasdaq rose another $2.18, or 0.75 percent, to close at $293.12 on Tuesday, an all-time high. Stock market analysts have suggested the stock could go as high as $325 or $350 a share. With a current stock market capitalization of more than $80 billion, Google is now worth more than any other media company in the world. That includes Time Warner, created five years ago when AOL purchased Time Warner for $106 billion in a much-hyped combination of old and new media. But Time Warner’s share price has deteriorated since the dot.com bubble burst — its market capitalization on Tuesday stood at $78.1 billion — and investors view Google as the hot internet and media company these days. Other, more traditional, media companies trail Google’s stock market worth by even more. Viacom Inc. and Walt Disney Co., for instance, hold stock market capitalization of between $54 billion and $55 billion. Even Yahoo Inc., seen as one big internet media competitor, carries a market value some $27 billion less than that of Google.

Source: Reuters, via SPJ.org

A young girl is missing in Aruba. Fox has the story and some photos. Now take a look at this one:

Can you find a mistake? It seems clear to me that the chopper has been pastet in to the photo. One of the wires is in the foreground of a soldier but he is couple of meters away from the chopper and there is something very wrong with the colors and dimensions. Isn´t the chopper very small?

Catch the news from local online newspapers in Aruba here

Update: The photo is delivered by AP, CNN also has it.

More infoporn. Many readers found the top 100 list of newspapers interesting. A moderater at the very usefull forums at http://visualeditors.com/, Megan Lavey, modified the list:

Here is the information broken down by continent. As expected, the biggest newspapers are in Asia - specifically in Japan and China:

Asia (including the Middle East)
1. Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan) 14,532,694
2. Asahi Shimbun (Japan) 12,601,375
3. Sichuan Ribao (China) 8,000,000
4. Mainichi Shimbun (Japan) 5,845,857
6. Chunichi Shimbun (Japan) 4,323,144
8. Renmin Ribao (China) 3,000,000
9. Sankei Shimbun (Japan) 2,890,835
10. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japan) 2,705,877
11. Gongren Ribao (China) 2,500,000
14. Chosun Ilbo (South Korea) 2,225,000
15. Dong-A Ilbo (South Korea) 2,150,000
16. Hokkaido Shimbun (Japan) 1,962,666
18. Xin Min Wan Bao (China) 1,750,000
20. Yangcheng Wanbao (China) 1,730,000
21. Kerala Kaumudi (India) 1,720,000
22. Wen Hui Bao Daily (China) 1,700,000
24. Joong-Ang Ilbo (South Korea) 1,550,000
25. Economic Daily (China) 1,500,000
26. Rodong Sinmun (North Korea) 1,500,000
27. Kyung-Hyang Daily News (South Korea) 1,478,537
28. Sports Nippon (Japan) 1,452,699
29. Shizuoka Shimbun (Japan) 1,442,310
30. Sankei Sports (Japan) 1,367,734
32. United Daily News (Taiwan) 1,300,000
33. China Times (Taiwan) 1,270,000
35. Jang Daily (Pakistan) 1,200,000
36. Jang Lahore (Pakistan) 1,200,000
38. Hankook Ilbo (South Korea) 1,156,000
39. Hochi Shimbun (Japan) 1,119,031
43. Tokyo Shimbun (Japan) 1,062,080
45. Nishinippon Shimbun (Japan) 1,041,104
46. Jiefang Ribao (China) 1,000,000
47. Nanfang Ribao (China) 1,000,000
48. Nongmin Ribao (China) 1,000,000
49. Zhongguo Qingnian Ribao (China) 1,000,000
50. Nikkan Sports (Japan) 984,058
52. Guangming Ribao (China) 950,000
55. Seoul Shinmun (South Korea) 900,000
56. Xin Hua Ribao (China) 900,000
59. Kyoto Shimbun (Japan) 839,499
60. Chugoku Shimbun (Japan) 831,165
61. Jang (Pakistan) 820,000
62. Times of India (India) 813,000



63. Kobe Shimbun (Japan) 810,353
64. Beijing Wanbao (China) 800,000
65. Hubei Ribao (China) 800,000
66. Jiefangjun Ribao (China) 800,000
82. Beijing Ribao (China) 700,000
83. Chongqing Ribao (China) 700,000
85. Thai Rath (Thailand) 700,000
86. Zhejiang Ribao (China) 700,000
91. China Daily News (Taiwan) 670,000
93. Guangxi Ribao (China) 650,000
94. Malayala Manorama (India) 630,068
98. Hurriyet (Pakistan) 600,000
99. Liaoning Ribao (China) 600,000
100. Oriental Daily News (Hong Kong) 600,000

Europe
5. Bild (Germany) 5,674,400
7. Sun (England) 3,718,354
12. Daily Mail (England) 2,387,867
13. Daily Mirror (England) 2,339,001



17. Eleftherotypia (Greece) 1,858,316
31. West Deutche Allgemeine (Germany) 1,313,400
40. Daily Express (England) 1,118,981
44. Daily Telegraph (England) 1,047,861
57. Verdens Gang (Norway) 870,267
58. Corriere della Sera (Italy) 868,266
67. Trybuna Slaska (Poland) 800,000
68. La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy) 798,243
69. Ouest-France (France) 790,133
70. Holos Ukrainy (Ukraine) 768,000
71. The Times (England) 766,999
72. ABC (Spain) 765,668
74. La Repubblica (Italy) 754,930
75. De Telegraf (Netherlands) 751,400
76. Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland) 750,000
80. Sabah (Turkey) 722,950
87. Diario Insular (Portugal) 684,143
90. Daily Record (Scotland) 671,267
92. The Daily Star (England) 650,406
96. Hurriyet (Turkey) 615,579

North America
19. Wall Street Journal (United States) 1,740,450
23. USA Today (United States) 1,653,428
41. Los Angeles Times (United States) 1,067,540
42. New York Times (United States) 1,066,540
73. Washington Post (United States) 759,122
79. New York Daily News (United States) 723,143
88. Granma Internacional (Cuba) 675,000
89. Chicago Tribune (United States) 673,508

South America
34. O Estado de Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1,230,160



77. Zero Hora (Brazil) 727,188
78. Diario dos Campos (Brazil) 725,000
81. Jornal da Tarde (Brazil) 709,793
84. Clarin (Argentina) 700,000
95. La Nacion (Argentina) 630,000

Africa
37. Akhbar El Yom/Al Akhbar (Egypt) 1,159,339
51. Al Akhbar (Egypt) 980,000
53. Al Ahram (Egypt) 900,000
54. Al Goumhouriya (Egypt) 900,000

Australia
97. Herald Sun (Australia) 600,000

So this was the largest newspapers, but where are the best? Take a look at www.newspaperindex.com for my selection of the best online newspapers in every country.

Infoporn:
Did you ever wonder which newspaper is the largest in the world and where it came from? I love the raw surprising facts (like that the largest company in the world by number of employees is the Indian Railways with a staff of more than 2.000.000..)

One of the things that surprises me here is that Greece has a larger newspaper than United States.

1. Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan) 14,532,694
2. Asahi Shimbun (Japan) 12,601,375
3. Sichuan Ribao (China) 8,000,000
4. Mainichi Shimbun (Japan) 5,845,857
5. Bild (Germany) 5,674,400
6. Chunichi Shimbun (Japan) 4,323,144
7. Sun (England) 3,718,354
8. Renmin Ribao (China) 3,000,000
9. Sankei Shimbun (Japan) 2,890,835
10. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japan) 2,705,877
11. Gongren Ribao (China) 2,500,000
12. Daily Mail (England) 2,387,867
13. Daily Mirror (England) 2,339,001
14. Chosun Ilbo (South Korea) 2,225,000
15. Dong-A Ilbo (South Korea) 2,150,000
16. Hokkaido Shimbun (Japan) 1,962,666
17. Eleftherotypia (Greece) 1,858,316
18. Xin Min Wan Bao (China) 1,750,000
19. Wall Street Journal (United States) 1,740,450
20. Yangcheng Wanbao (China) 1,730,000
21. Kerala Kaumudi (India) 1,720,000
22. Wen Hui Bao Daily (China) 1,700,000
23. USA Today (United States) 1,653,428
24. Joong-Ang Ilbo (South Korea) 1,550,000
25. Economic Daily (China) 1,500,000
26. Rodong Sinmun (North Korea) 1,500,000
27. Kyung-Hyang Daily News (South Korea) 1,478,537
28. Sports Nippon (Japan) 1,452,699
29. Shizuoka Shimbun (Japan) 1,442,310
30. Sankei Sports (Japan) 1,367,734
31. West Deutche Allgemeine (Germany) 1,313,400
32. United Daily News (Taiwan) 1,300,000
33. China Times (Taiwan) 1,270,000
34. O Estado de Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1,230,160
35. Jang Daily (Pakistan) 1,200,000
36. Jang Lahore (Pakistan) 1,200,000
37. Akhbar El Yom/Al Akhbar (Egypt) 1,159,339
38. Hankook Ilbo (South Korea) 1,156,000
39. Hochi Shimbun (Japan) 1,119,031
40. Daily Express (England) 1,118,981
41. Los Angeles Times (United States) 1,067,540
42. New York Times (United States) 1,066,540
43. Tokyo Shimbun (Japan) 1,062,080
44. Daily Telegraph (England) 1,047,861
45. Nishinippon Shimbun (Japan) 1,041,104
46. Jiefang Ribao (China) 1,000,000
47. Nanfang Ribao (China) 1,000,000
48. Nongmin Ribao (China) 1,000,000
49. Zhongguo Qingnian Ribao (China) 1,000,000
50. Nikkan Sports (Japan) 984,058
51. Al Akhbar (Egypt) 980,000
52. Guangming Ribao (China) 950,000
53. Al Ahram (Egypt) 900,000
54. Al Goumhouriya (Egypt) 900,000
55. Seoul Shinmun (South Korea) 900,000
56. Xin Hua Ribao (China) 900,000
57. Verdens Gang (Norway) 870,267
58. Corriere della Sera (Italy) 868,266
59. Kyoto Shimbun (Japan) 839,499
60. Chugoku Shimbun (Japan) 831,165
61. Jang (Pakistan) 820,000
62. Times of India (India) 813,000
63. Kobe Shimbun (Japan) 810,353
64. Beijing Wanbao (China) 800,000
65. Hubei Ribao (China) 800,000
66. Jiefangjun Ribao (China) 800,000
67. Trybuna Slaska (Poland) 800,000
68. La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy) 798,243
69. Ouest-France (France) 790,133
70. Holos Ukrainy (Ukraine) 768,000
71. The Times (England) 766,999
72. ABC (Spain) 765,668
73. Washington Post (United States) 759,122
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74. La Repubblica (Italy) 754,930
75. De Telegraf (Netherlands) 751,400
76. Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland) 750,000
77. Zero Hora (Brazil) 727,188
78. Diario dos Campos (Brazil) 725,000
79. New York Daily News (United States) 723,143
80. Sabah (Turkey) 722,950
81. Jornal da Tarde (Brazil) 709,793
82. Beijing Ribao (China) 700,000
83. Chongqing Ribao (China) 700,000
84. Clarin (Argentina) 700,000
85. Thai Rath (Thailand) 700,000
86. Zhejiang Ribao (China) 700,000
87. Diario Insular (Portugal) 684,143
88. Granma Internacional (Cuba) 675,000
89. Chicago Tribune (United States) 673,508
90. Daily Record (Scotland) 671,267
91. China Daily News (Taiwan) 670,000
92. The Daily Star (England) 650,406
93. Guangxi Ribao (China) 650,000
94. Malayala Manorama (India) 630,068
95. La Nacion (Argentina) 630,000
96. Hurriyet (Turkey) 615,579
97. Herald Sun (Australia) 600,000
98. Hurriyet (Pakistan) 600,000
99. Liaoning Ribao (China) 600,000
100. Oriental Daily News (Hong Kong) 600,000

You can find these newspapers online versions here

Andrew Cline writes about journalism education:

The plain fact of the matter is that most journalism is practiced at the local level for modest news organizations. That’s where most of our students will go to work. And I think we do our students, and the citizens of the communities in which they practice, a disservice by encouraging (even) our (best) students to believe that good journalism must be practiced at big-time news organizations.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them that national is better than local.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them that the audience is “general.”

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them to elevate investigative reporting over solid day-to-day reporting.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them to value winning prizes for their work.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we fail to teach them what language really is, how it really works, and how people really use it.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them that journalists have more First Amendment rights than citizens.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them that journalists are responsible for making democracy work.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them to ignore the fact that they are players in civic affairs.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we teach them the nonsense of the philosophical ideal of objectivity rather than the objective process of good reporting.

* We teach students to be arrogant when we fail to teach them that the public always knows more than they do.

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