Media Monkey’s Diary: BBC royal visit, Channel 4 and Rupert Murdoch
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Local World plans 20-fold rise in digital output and double the advertisers
Steve Auckland, chief executive, wants 100,000 content items per day on its regional newspaper websites. By Mark Sweney
Thomson Reuters hires Economist Group chief to head news agency arm
Andrew Rashbass to leave publisher after 15 years, having led digital transformation from print to digital business. By Mark Sweney
Guardian Australia launches with promise of ‘fresh and independent view’
New digital edition spearheaded by Guardian deputy editor Katherine Viner launches with exclusive Julia Gillard interview
Inspire magazine: the self-help manual for al-Qaida terrorists
Ian Black: Al-Qaida's slick and sinister magazine for jihadis, Inspire, suggests using a vehicle to mow down a target – which is apparently what happened in Woolwich
Guardian to launch new platform to streamline access to web content
Theguardian.com will provide one destination for UK, mobile, US and Australian sites as monthly digital browsers hits 80m. By Mark Sweney
Mail Online scoops biggest ever digital day with Boston marathon bombing
'Abby Clancy poses in nothing but heels' story provides joint highest website traffic day for the Sun. By Mark Sweney
Mirror websites’ traffic leaps by 30% month on month
Guardian.co.uk pushes past 80 million monthly unique users in month that included death of Lady Thatcher. By Mark Sweney
Yahoo in rumoured $1.1bn bid to buy white-hot Tumblr
Reports claim board has approved move to buy blogging platform site that could catapult Yahoo back into top flight web firms
Media Monkey’s Diary: Graham Norton pokes fun at BBC, Mail’s imperial plans
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Sun paywall needs more than 300,000 subscribers to cover outlay, say analysts
Mark Sweney: Sun+ service predicted to result in drop in online ad revenue with NI also paying £30m-plus for digital Premier League rights
Sun paywall set at £2 with access to Premier League football highlights
Charge will come into effect in August after £30m deal is struck for rights to all 380 Premier League matches a season. By Mark Sweney
How Hello! has gently sailed through the stormy waters of celebrity
For 25 years the magazine has chronicled the births, marriages and lovely homes of the stars – and it has changed the media's agenda
Grazia editor: magazines are still streets ahead of the internet
PPA conference: Jane Bruton says there will always be a place for print and points out that 'you can't read an iPad in the bath'. By Mark Sweney