Newsstand gets more funds

$7.2 million, to be exact. The NYT continues to contribute. Newsstand's roster now totals 175 publications.
(From Paid Content)

No more "Classic" hardware from Apple

Apparently Apple have discontinued production of the PowerMac G4, the (I believe) only remaining machine that runs pre-OS X operating systems and therefore the only machine left that worked with QPS without having to use "Classic" emulation. In Slashdot the sixth post on the news argues that Apple have just "end-of-lifed a majority of newspapers' CMSs".
(From Slashdot)

Paper links to video-by-phone

Korean newspaper the Daily Focus has teamed up with mobile content provider Ico to link sports articles in the paper with rich-media sports news on people's mobile phones. Sports articles will contain a code which allows users to access video content on their phones "by simply holding the cellphone against the printed code" -- presumably using the phone's camera in the manner of the various barcode systems (c.f. this item).
(From E-Media Tidbits)

Brits versus Yanks

CJR has freed access to its timely re-hash of the old "objective vs subjective"/"American vs European" media debate, hot on the heels of the New York Times's admission that it was fooled over WMDs in Iraq.
(From Columbia Journalism Review)

UK and Ireland lead newspaper slump

Ho hum ... the UK newspaper market (traditionally regarded as "one of the most competitive") is slumping faster than the rest of Europe.
(From MediaGuardian.co.uk)