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Local news coverage could get a new lease of life if TV, radio, newspapers and other media groups get public cash to form consortia, but the scheme is controversial. By Chris Tryhorn
Midland News Association agrees online video news deal with ITN
Publisher of the Shropshire Star and Wolverhampton's Express and Star is first regional newspaper group to sign with ITN. By Mark Sweney
State of Play: oh what a tangled web
Kevin MacDonald's film adaptation of the hit BBC miniseries is a star-stuffed paean to newspapers, but if its 127-minute running time makes you balk, get the story in our condensed screenplay instead
Technology journalists are the ones to watch
Technology journalists are often the pioneers of new gadgets – and point to the way we could all work in the future. By Charles Arthur
Lost in the clouds
Mark Lawson: To censor pictures of the famous holding cigarettes betrays a curious idea of what makes people smoke
Latest Google news service promises publishers money and readers
Web firm Google says Fast Flip pages will give publishers the bulk of ad revenue
Daily Star crowbars Beatles into reality television
Media Monkey: Hacks at the Daily Star have been burning the midnight oil to find an 'exclusive' angle on this week's Beatlemania
Future of Journalism Conference: The newsroom view of user content
Many journalists still look on user-generated content as a distraction from the 'real job', research suggests. By Sarah Hartley
Are newspapers trapped in a web time warp?
Peter Preston: This is a voyage of discovery and rediscovery, not a walk in the park
Fleet Street legend Keith Waterhouse dies, aged 80
Prolific columnist, novelist and playwright famed for 1953 creation, Billy Liar, dies four months after final column
Writer and journalist Keith Waterhouse dies aged 80
Author, playwright and journalist died peacefully in his sleep, four months after final Daily Mail column. By Jason Deans
Cabinet Office hits back at claims it’s hiring a ‘Twittercrat’
Not at all, says government, using web to refute criticism of "non-job" with £118,000 salary
Cut the licence fee, says James Murdoch in further attack on BBC
Following MacTaggart lecture broadside, News Corp man advocates making corporation 'much, much smaller'. By James Murdoch
Daily Mirror launches national TV and poster ads for football website
TV campaign to be backed by billboards of classic sporting moments near 10 big football clubs. By Mark Sweney
FT.com plans pay-per-article system
Site aiming for one-click process similar to those at Amazon and iTunes, and reviewing whether to continue offering any content free. By Mark Sweney