Turkey’s Internet laws tightened in move that increases risk of online censorship; Twitter ban lifted but Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vows to continue his pursuit of the service.
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) announced today Andy Yost has been named senior vice president of consumer sales and marketing. Yost comes to Gannett from Viacom Media Networks where he served as senior vice president, marketing, customer relationship management, responsible for the strategic development and execution of digitally based, direct-to-consumer marketing programs.
Trent Schoonmaker promoted to lead team responsible for global sales processes
Harland Simon is pleased to announce that the Tribune-Review, PA, one of Trib Total Media’s production facilities has contracted with Harland Simon to replace its aging and obsolete press control system on its Goss Universal 70 Press. With the increased demand on their press and the lack of component availability for the existing Rockwell Automation control systems, the Tribune-Review, PA had to act in order to guarantee delivery of their numerous publications.
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is on the move, both literally and figuratively:
The world’s most innovative digital news media – from giants like the Guardian and Norway’s VG to the smaller DOTYK, the first tablet-only weekly in the Czech Republic – were honoured Tuesday evening (8 April) as winners of the European Digital Media Awards, the annual prizes from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
WAN-IFRA Executive Committee endorses organisation’s report findings on press freedom in the United Kingdom; Committee calls on the British government to “take steps to ensure it upholds the high standards of press freedom expected from a leading democracy.”
