The Financial Times is rolling out a new author alert function, allowing readers to subscribe to a 6am daily digest email with the latest stories by FT columnists. The new service is initially available for select FT writers including Gideon Rachman, Lucy Kellaway and Martin Wolf. With one click, readers can add or remove authors from the email briefing.

At the vanguard is Romy & the Bunnies by Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, the model daughter of former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld. Inspired by the arrival of daughter Romy, Restoin-Roitfeld has given motherhood the Grace Coddington treatment with galleries of black-and-white shots of models and actresses looking fabulous pre and post partum, as well as designer "must-haves" to keep mother and child up with latest trends.

Media Scotland has launched scotlandnow.com, a platform designed to cater to the expat community and those who can trace some form of Scottish ancestry. It is estimated that there are around 50m people with Scottish connections around the world with the digital product designed to keep them abreast of developments at home through a daily diet of news, sport, comment and features.

Nick Denton's Gawker Media has cemented its partnership with Future Publishing, which will launch two more of the US digital media company's entertainment sites under licence in the UK. Future, the specialist tech and gaming publisher of print and web brands including Total Film and T3, will launch UK versions of apps and gadgets website Lifehacker and video games blog Kotaku in April.

Rebekah Brooks told her mother not to watch the news as reports that the News of the World hacked the voicemails of missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler came out, the phone hacking trial has heard. Deborah Weir, called to give live evidence in her daughter's defence at the Old Bailey, said Brooks was "not very easy" to get hold of after the allegations were made in the press on July 4 2011 - days before the tabloid boss's resignation and arrest in connection with hacking.

Trinity Mirror recorded a 30 per cent increase in digital display advertising revenue for its publishing division last year, according to the organisation's annual report for 2013. The publisher was said to have enjoyed "strong digital audience growth", reflected in a reported 59 per cent increase in average monthly unique users, and "good momentum on digital revenues" as adjusted pre-tax profit increased to GBP101.3 million.

The largest cable company outside China and a voracious acquirer of European cable firms, it reportedly has big mobile plans for Europe. Liberty SVP Manuel Kohnstamm told Bloomberg that John Malone's company wants to create a "pan-European" mobile network based on mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) deals - in other words, it will resell actual network operators' connectivity on a country-to-country basis.

Available on Apple's Newsstand from GBP0.69/$0.99 and released 12 times a year, Uncanny Comics' fresh and fun coverage of the best new and classic comics directly drives readers to the Comixology and Marvel Unlimited apps and acts as the perfect gateway to the often overwhelming wealth of content now available on smartphone and tablet, says Imagine Publishing.

According to Newsquest: From July to December 2013 the number of daily average unique browsers was 731,495, representing annual growth of 40.6% (July - December 2012: 520,256). Daily unique browsers is a key traffic measurement as it reflects the loyalty of the audience as well as its size, whereas other indicators like monthly unique browsers can be heavily influenced by one-off events.

Channel 4 News has introduced a new online video series called 460, which aims to offer "an update of the day's agenda" for mobile phone and tablet audiences in particular, within one minute. The new 60-second format of online video is the latest in a number of similar projects launched by Channel 4 News.