Sky News said that its navigation had been simplified and that there was a more prominent role for comment and analysis with a broader range of views from Sky News correspondents and specialists. The site is powered by a new bespoke content management system that will power all of Sky News' digital platforms, which it said "allows for more flexible story-telling, to give users a more immersive experience, providing background information that helps put breaking news into context". Andrew Hawken, head of editorial at Sky News Digital, said: "The new site is real progress for us, and completes our world-class …

Deputy publisher Pete Picton says that's the reason the Mail Online has become the best-read newspaper website in the world. Picton was speaking to The Drum after the Mail Online picked up the Chairman's Award at the Online Media Awards. It was rewarded after a year of staggering growth in which it overtook the New York Times to become the top newspaper website. "It's not about some fancy algorithm behind it. It's not about aggregation. It's about having that unique content.

Alex Musil, executive VP of product at Shazam, will join GNM in August as director of product, overseeing the development of the Guardian's product team and will be responsible for planning its product portfolio. GNM's digital development team is responsible for developing and launching a wide range of products including iPhone, Android and iPad apps, Kindle editions, as well as new features and digital projects within guardian.co.uk. Musil will report to GNM's Director of Digital Development, Tanya Cordrey.

Guardian journalist Paul Lewis gives revealing insight into how he uses social media to break stories after winning Twitter Feed of the Year at the Online Media Awards. Lewis, who was praised for his eye-witness accounts on Twitter during the London Riots, described Twitter as a "collaborative news process" and spoke about how users of the site can help journalists separate fact from fiction. And Lewis was unequivocal about where the media industry is headed, saying: "Most people who work in this industry will recognise -- they may not welcome it -- that all journalism in the future will be …

Marc Watson, the chief executive of BT Vision and YouView board member, has dismissed the continued delays to the launch of the highly anticipated service, (also backed by ITV, Channel 4, Channel Five, TalkTalk and Aqiva) which will mean it misses being on sale in time for the Olympics. He told The Telegraph: "From our perspective missing the Olympics is no big deal. We take a really long term view of YouView. This is a platform for the future - we do want to build it out to millions of people and we'll take several years doing that."

Amanda Farnsworth, who is currently project executive for BBC London 2012, will lead the unit, which will combine the existing TV and online graphics departments into one multiplatform team. The new unit, which will be based in the multimedia newsroom at New Broadcasting House, W1, will provide "graphics, data visuals and editorial content across TV, connected TV, PCs, tablets and mobiles for UK and global audiences", the BBC said in a release.

The Associated Newspapers website was still last week using a photo of the grieving nine-year-old sister of Sebastian Bowles, one of 28 killed returning from a school ski trip in March, the Leveson inquiry heard on Tuesday. The picture showed Helena Bowles being comforted by her father just moments before they visited the scene of the tragedy in Switzerland. This was despite a letter sent by the Press Complaints Commission asking papers to remove a photograph of Helena and other pictures including some taken from the father's Facebook page on 17 March, four days after the tragedy occurred.

The iPhone application drives in-store traffic and captures online sales. The new Staples app is available for consumers in Britain. In addition to the app, Staples UK also has a mobile Web site, which is designed similarly to the U.S. version. The app is available for free download in the Apple's British App Store. Via the app, consumers can browse more than 9,000 products, read reviews, add items to their shopping lists and check-out. One of the other big features of the app is to drive in-store foot traffic by finding the nearest location for users. By entering either a …

Under the draft code, published on Tuesday by the regulator, the UK's biggest ISPs - BT, Everything Everywhere, O2, Sky, TalkTalk Group and Virgin Media - will be required to send letters starting 1 March 2014 to customers warning them when there is an allegation from a film, TV or music company that there has been illegal downloading from their computer. Web users who get three warning letters in a year will face having anonymous information of their downloading and filesharing history provided to copyright owners, which could then be used to gain a court order to reveal the customer's …

More bad news for Netflix's U.K. operation: Amazon-owned rival Lovefilm has signed another one of those pesky exclusive content deals, this time with Twentieth Century Fox. This comes less than a month after Lovefilm signed up Universal, also on a multi-year basis. Similar deals were already in place with Warner Bros, Sony Pictures and others, and now Lovefilm's customers can look forward to streaming the likes of X-Men: First Class from March next year, while Netflix's can't. The TV part of the deal kicks in earlier, with Buffy and more becoming available next month.