The Drum
A deal between Tesco and BBC Worldwide will see Clubcard TV broadcast a number of cookery, comedy and drama programmes. Clubcard TV, the ad supported service, which has around 16 million members, will now run content made by BBC Worldwide, including comedies such as Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Goodness Gracious Me and Dramas such as Blackpool and Carrie's War.
Journalism.co.uk
The Financial Times now offers two options to subscribers who use the news site's web app for iPad: a live version that updates throughout the day and a 'morning edition' with content from the printed newspaper. Readers can switch between the two editions of the app. The morning edition is designed "for those readers who said they wanted to know what was in the newspaper that day", Robert Shrimsley, editor of FT.com explains in an announcement post on the FT.
The Guardian
A green-fingered centenarian said to be Britain's oldest gardener is taking to Twitter to share his horticultural tips. Ralph Hoare from Gloucestershire still enjoys his passion for growing vegetables and cultivating flowers at the age of 104. The keeper of around 200 rose bushes said he compensates for his weak knees by using a hoe for weeding and a grabbing tool for picking up items from the ground.
Journalism.co.uk
Storify has started to monetise by launching a VIP option for publishers. BBC journalists can create stories which are integrated into the BBC site. This example is from BBC Radio 2. The paid-for VIP option offers several features, including real-time updates which the company says is "ideal for liveblogging major news and events". In the BBC example above, the Radio 2 team used Storify to liveblog musicians re-recording the Beatles' debut album to mark the 50th anniversary.
Journalism.co.uk
Not-for-profit news site openDemocracy is to remain open after reaching its fundraising target. At the end of February Journalism.co.uk reported that the site was GBP26,000 short of the GBP250,000 it needed, and would close unless the money could be raised. In an email to registered readers sent on Friday, editor-in-chief Magnus Nome announced the site has passed the GBP250,000 mark.
The Drum
Aegis Media has agreed to wholly acquire digital planning and buying agency Beijing Wonder Advertising as it expands its footprint into China. Headed up by Eric Liu, CEO and founder of WonderAd, the agency, which specialises in the online gaming sector, also offers marketing capabilities across eCRM and performance marketing, with offices across Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, with around 200 staff.
Press Gazette
Last week Telegraph Media Group announced that it was to launch a metered-access model for its website meaning that readers who wish to see more than 20 articles a month will have to pay. The same day, The Sun revealed that it would be adopting a subscription model online later this year when its GBP20m deal to show near-live Premier League highlights kicks in. Here's a look at six years of coverage since the FT adopted a metered-paywall model online.
The Guardian
Google could face fines from six European countries' privacy regulators, including the UK and Germany, after refusing to reverse changes to its privacy policies made in March 2012. The search company has infuriated the regulators by declining to respond to their demands made over multiple months - even as research shows that user concerns about online privacy are high.
The Telegraph
Whilst most people have heard of GPS, what most don't realise is it is actually a US-owned satellite technology designed purely for military applications, not for finding your nearest restaurant or quickest route home. As a result Europe has spent the last couple of decades designing and developing a counterpart, Galileo, which just this month provided its first positional readings. In future Galileo will offer European users a more accurate and reliable service to underpin a new generation of highly intuitive and sophisticated apps and consumer technologies.
Cnet
According to the New York Times, the government is utilizing a new law, which the Russian parliament approved in July and which took effect in November, that allows the government to selectively censor Web pages within its borders because of content that it believes is illegal or harmful to children. The law's supporters have said that it protects against child pornography and other harmful content, but detractors say that it's giving the government too much power to block whatever it deems unfit for its citizens.