In an article headline 'Sulzberger Expresses Support for Mark Thompson, Incoming Chief Executive' Arthur Sulzberger, chairman of of The New York Times, has thrown his weight behind the former BBC Director General as questions swirl about the cancellation of the Jimmy Savile paedophile documentary last December. The article bylined BY THE EDITORS appears on the Times website on Thursday.

UK pedestrians are used to seeing high street The Big Issue sellers, who keep a portion of the cover price for each title they sell. Now The Big Issue In The North, a Manchester-based edition, will instead ask its homeless to sell a printed card containing a code that can be redeemed for a PC or mobile version of the magazine (via announcement).

The liveblogs, which are currently being run by CoverItLive on MEN's websiteand ScribbleLive on the Daily Post's website, offer a daily feed of the latest news and information updates from the newsrooms. It is part of an experiment by Trinity Mirror regionals as part of a bid to place a "new emphasis on breaking news", digital publishing director David Higgerson told Journalism.co.uk.

An open online advertising consortium of Italian publishers may soon get a leg up after its chosen ad vendor took a EUR2.5 million ($3.2 million) investment to develop new technology. Salerno-based 4W Marketplace, which powers the Premium Publisher Network, is taking the money from VC house Principia SGR. The Premium Publisher Network was formed by newspaper groups RCS and L'Espresso three years ago and now numbers dozens of members.

Asian markets top a new global social engagement league table that measures how often and how much consumers use social media platforms. The Social Engagement Benchmark fromGlobalWebIndex reveals that consumers in fast-growing economies are more likely to use a social network or a microblog, upload a photo or video or review a product or brand than consumers in more mature countries.

Free wi-fi across trams and buses, a 'Manchester app' and ultrafast broadband in every home will help put the city at the forefront of the digital revolution. It follows the announcement last month that the Sharp Project - the city's creative media centre in east Manchester - is to expand to two new locations as part of plans that will see leading 3D company EON Virtual set up their European headquarters there.

Yelp allows users to connect with local businesses that are rated on a 5-point scale. Site visitors review businesses as well as giving details about businesses addresses, hours, and credibility. The acquisition of the popular European review site, Qype, brings Yelp more than 2 million reviews and 15 million unique visitors across 13 countries. The company acquired Qype for approximately $50 million.

The Guardian, which has been under review since the beginning of October, will become an online-only title after the final print edition is published on 15 November. No jobs are to be lost as a result of the change, with reporters coninuing to work on the website and for the Wandsworth Guardian series, which has an average overall circulation of 53,691.

Russian internet search engine Yandex is geared up to target Google in emerging markets including Turkey, in an effort to ward off expansion attempts made by the US search giant in its home turf. The Yandex founder and chief executive Arkady Volozh has told Reuters that the firm is likely to use its own experts to expand into new countries, but will not rule out acquisitions or partnership deals.

Pinterest has emerged as a cunning tool for driving conversion rates in the e-commerce sector, as a recent study revealed that 70% of online shoppers are inspired by the site. Results from BizrateInsights revealed that out of 7,000 Pinterest users surveyed, 70% of cite "to get inspiration on what to buy" as their main reason for being a member.